# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonard-woolley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:03:20.018Z

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name: "Leonard Woolley"
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description: "Sir Charles Leonard Woolley was a British archaeologist best known for his excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia. He is recognized as one of the first \"modern\" archaeologists who excavated in a methodical way, keeping careful records, and using them to reconstruct ancient life and history. Woolley was knighted in 1935 for his contributions to the discipline of archaeology. He was married to the British archaeologist Katharine Woolley."
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birthDate: "1880-04-17"
deathDate: "1960-02-20"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump