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Alexander Cunningham

1814 - 1893

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Major General Sir Alexander Cunningham (23 January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British Army engineer with the Bengal Sappers who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India. In 1861, he was appointed to the newly created position of archaeological surveyor to the government of India; and he founded and organised what later became the Archaeological Survey of India. He wrote numerous books and monographs and made extensive collections of artefacts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Cunningham has received more than 543,375 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Alexander Cunningham is the 92nd most popular engineer (up from 111th in 2019), the 1,302nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,496th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Alexander Cunningham ranks 92 out of 389. Before him are Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr., Viktor Bryukhanov, Nicola Romeo, Fedor Tokarev, Yuri Kondratyuk, and Charles Rolls. After him are Karl von Terzaghi, Valdemar Poulsen, Ivan Sechenov, Hans Ledwinka, George Cayley, and Vasily Degtyaryov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1814, Alexander Cunningham ranks 21. Before him are Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, and Heinrich Geißler. After him are Sheridan Le Fanu, Bhanubhakta Acharya, Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, Eduard Zeller, Eugène Charles Catalan, and Rasoherina. Among people deceased in 1893, Alexander Cunningham ranks 22. Before him are Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, Alfredo Catalani, Ferenc Erkel, and Abner Doubleday. After him are George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Heinrich Göbel, Leland Stanford, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, P. G. T. Beauregard, and George Tupou I.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Cunningham ranks 1,302 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1942), John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713), John Wilkins (1614), Joseph Boxhall (1884), Saint Malachy (1094), and William Booth (1829). After him are Frederic Bartlett (1886), Joan of Kent (1328), Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), Gareth Bale (1989), Anthony Minghella (1954), and Ginger Baker (1939).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Alexander Cunningham ranks 9. Before him are Godfrey Hounsfield (1919), Charles George Gordon (1833), Colin Chapman (1928), Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806), Henry Royce (1863), and Charles Rolls (1877). After him are George Cayley (1773), Hertha Ayrton (1854), Adrian Newey (1958), Robert Stephenson (1803), John Bagot Glubb (1897), and Patrick Head (1946).

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