Author:Henry Creswicke Rawlinson

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Henry Creswicke Rawlinson (1810–1895)

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British officer, archaeologist, and Assyriologist

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This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "H. C. R."

Henry Creswicke Rawlinson

Works

• The Persian Cuneiform Inscription at Behistun (1846-51)
• A Commentary on the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Babylon and Assyria (1850)
• Outline of the History of Assyria (1852)
• Notes on the Early History of Babylonia (1854)
• A translation of History by Herodotus, with John Gardner Wilkinson and George Rawlinson, 1858-1860.
• England and Russia in the East (1875)
• Articles on "Baghdad", "the Euphrates", and "Kurdistan" in the ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica
• “Bagdad (city)” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (updated by John Punnett Peters)
• “Euphrates” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Isfahan” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (History)
• “Kurdistan” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)

Works about Rawlinson

• "Obituary: Henry Creswicke Rawlinson", in Popular Science Monthly Volume 47, May 1895
• “Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke,” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885–1900) in 63 vols.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.