ARCHAEOLOGIST
Austen Henry Layard
1817 - 1894
Austen Henry Layard
Sir Austen Henry Layard (; 5 March 1817 – 5 July 1894) was an English Assyriologist, traveller, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat. He was born to a mostly English family in Paris and largely raised in Italy. He is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs known, and in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Austen Henry Layard has received more than 263,044 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Austen Henry Layard is the 20th most popular archaeologist (up from 22nd in 2019), the 1,478th most popular biography from France (down from 1,476th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Archaeologist.
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8.03
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Among archaeologists, Austen Henry Layard ranks 20 out of 151. Before him are Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, Oscar Montelius, Karl Richard Lepsius, and Louis Leakey. After him are Alcide d'Orbigny, Khaemweset, George Gaylord Simpson, Flinders Petrie, Leo Frobenius, and Aurel Stein.
Most Popular Archaeologists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsJohann Friedrich Blumenbach
1752 - 1840
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 14
Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli
1391 - 1452
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 15
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
1866 - 1923
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 16
Oscar Montelius
1843 - 1921
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 17
Karl Richard Lepsius
1810 - 1884
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 18
Louis Leakey
1903 - 1972
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 19
Austen Henry Layard
1817 - 1894
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 20
Alcide d'Orbigny
1802 - 1857
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 21
Khaemweset
1281 BC - 1225 BC
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 22
George Gaylord Simpson
1902 - 1984
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 23
Flinders Petrie
1853 - 1942
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 24
Leo Frobenius
1873 - 1938
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 25
Aurel Stein
1862 - 1943
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 26
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1817, Austen Henry Layard ranks 18. Before him are Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Pierre Larousse, Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, and Theodor Storm. After him are Hermann Lotze, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Albert von Kölliker, Branwell Brontë, Táhirih, and Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville. Among people deceased in 1894, Austen Henry Layard ranks 20. Before him are Leconte de Lisle, Theodor Billroth, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, August Kundt, Emmanuel Chabrier, and Hassan I of Morocco. After him are Nadezhda von Meck, Nikolai Ge, Guillaume Lekeu, Eugène Charles Catalan, Sante Geronimo Caserio, and Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria.
Others Born in 1817
Go to all RankingsArchduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1817 - 1895
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 12
Pierre Larousse
WRITER
1817 - 1875
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 13
Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
POLITICIAN
1817 - 1852
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 14
Charles Adolphe Wurtz
CHEMIST
1817 - 1884
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 15
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
WRITER
1817 - 1875
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 16
Theodor Storm
WRITER
1817 - 1888
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 17
Austen Henry Layard
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1817 - 1894
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 18
Hermann Lotze
PHILOSOPHER
1817 - 1881
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 19
C. H. D. Buys Ballot
CHEMIST
1817 - 1890
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 20
Albert von Kölliker
BIOLOGIST
1817 - 1905
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 21
Branwell Brontë
WRITER
1817 - 1848
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 22
Táhirih
WRITER
1817 - 1852
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 23
Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville
INVENTOR
1817 - 1879
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 24
Others Deceased in 1894
Go to all RankingsLeconte de Lisle
WRITER
1818 - 1894
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 14
Theodor Billroth
PHYSICIAN
1829 - 1894
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 15
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
WRITER
1838 - 1894
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 16
August Kundt
PHYSICIST
1839 - 1894
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 17
Emmanuel Chabrier
COMPOSER
1841 - 1894
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 18
Hassan I of Morocco
POLITICIAN
1836 - 1894
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 19
Austen Henry Layard
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1817 - 1894
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 20
Nadezhda von Meck
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1831 - 1894
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 21
Nikolai Ge
PAINTER
1831 - 1894
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 22
Guillaume Lekeu
COMPOSER
1870 - 1894
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 23
Eugène Charles Catalan
MATHEMATICIAN
1814 - 1894
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 24
Sante Geronimo Caserio
EXTREMIST
1873 - 1894
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 25
Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria
POLITICIAN
1827 - 1894
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 26
In France
Among people born in France, Austen Henry Layard ranks 1,478 out of 6,770. Before him are Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756), Maurice Bucaille (1920), Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (1929), Warda Al-Jazairia (1939), Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220), and André Lhote (1885). After him are Jacques Charrier (1936), Guy de Chauliac (1300), Dominique Sanda (1948), Édouard Stephan (1837), Pierre Duhem (1861), and Paul Cornu (1881).
Others born in France
Go to all RankingsBernard Germain de Lacépède
BIOLOGIST
1756 - 1825
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 1,472
Maurice Bucaille
PHYSICIAN
1920 - 1998
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 1,473
Hélène Carrère d'Encausse
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2023
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 1,474
Warda Al-Jazairia
SINGER
1939 - 2012
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 1,475
Alphonse, Count of Poitiers
POLITICIAN
1220 - 1271
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 1,476
André Lhote
PAINTER
1885 - 1962
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 1,477
Austen Henry Layard
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1817 - 1894
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 1,478
Jacques Charrier
ACTOR
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 1,479
Guy de Chauliac
PHYSICIAN
1300 - 1368
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 1,480
Dominique Sanda
ACTOR
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,481
Édouard Stephan
ASTRONOMER
1837 - 1923
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,482
Pierre Duhem
PHILOSOPHER
1861 - 1916
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 1,483
Paul Cornu
ENGINEER
1881 - 1944
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 1,484
Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In France
Among archaeologists born in France, Austen Henry Layard ranks 2. Before him are Jean-François Champollion (1790). After him are Alcide d'Orbigny (1802), Paul Pelliot (1878), André Leroi-Gourhan (1911), Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788), Henri Breuil (1877), Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821), Victor Loret (1859), Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac (1778), André Parrot (1901), and Pierre Montet (1885).
Jean-François Champollion
1790 - 1832
HPI: 78.28
Rank: 1
Austen Henry Layard
1817 - 1894
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 2
Alcide d'Orbigny
1802 - 1857
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 3
Paul Pelliot
1878 - 1945
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 4
André Leroi-Gourhan
1911 - 1986
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 5
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes
1788 - 1868
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6
Henri Breuil
1877 - 1961
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 7
Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet
1821 - 1898
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 8
Victor Loret
1859 - 1946
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 9
Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac
1778 - 1867
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 10
André Parrot
1901 - 1980
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 11
Pierre Montet
1885 - 1966
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 12