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Alexander Cunningham
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British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 28
Top works
- Ladak - Physical, Statistical and Historical with Notices of the Surrounding Countries
- Ancient Geography of India
- Sánchi and Its Remains
- Report of a Tour in the Central Provinces and Lower Gangetic Doab in 1881-82. Vol. 17
- Bhilsa Topes; or, Buddhist Monuments of Central India
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Ireland
Discography
- Dance Music of Ireland, Vol. 91995
- Dance Music of Ireland, Vol. 101997
- Dance Music of Ireland, Vol. 11999
- Dance Music of Ireland, Vol. 21999
- Dance Music of Ireland, Vol. 31999
- Dance Music of Ireland, Vol. 41999
- Dance Music of Ireland, Vol. 51999
- Dance Music of Ireland, Vol. 61999
- Dance Music of Ireland, Vol. 71999
- Dance Music of Ireland, Vol. 81999
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 16
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1814-01-23 ) 23 January 1814, London , United Kingdom
- Died
- 28 November 1893 (1893-11-28) (aged 79), London , United Kingdom
- Spouse
- Alicia Maria Whish ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1840 – 1870 ) (her death)
- Children
- Allan J. C. Cunningham Sir Alexander F. D. Cunningham
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- Alexander Cunningham of the ASI 02.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1814-01-23
- date of death
- 1893-11-28
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Article
Major-General Sir Alexander Cunningham KCIE CSI (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. Some of his collections were lost, but most of the gold and silver coins and a fine group of Buddhist sculptures and jewellery were bought by the British Museum in 1894. He was also the father of mathematician Allan Cunningham.