Leonard William King, FSA was an English archaeologist and Assyriologist educated at Rugby School and King's College, Cambridge.
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Arthur Robert HinksAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Charles HoseAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Gordon ConwayAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Howard SaundersAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Frank G. CarpenterAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Ethel Brilliana TweedieAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical SocietyAbout this person
Leonard William King, FSA was an English archaeologist and Assyriologist educated at Rugby School and King's College, Cambridge. He collected stone inscriptions widely in the Near East, taught Assyrian and Babylonian archaeology at King's College for a number of years, and published a large number of works on these subjects. He is also known for his translations of ancient works such as the Code of Hammurabi. He became Assistant Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum.
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Lived 1869 to 1919 · aged 49
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