Austen Henry Layard
1817–94
Diplomat and archaeologist. Excavated Nineveh and published several works on the topic. Attaché to the embassy at Constantinople (Istanbul), 1849–51. Liberal MP for Aylesbury, 1852–7; for Southwark, 1860. First commissioner of works, 1868–9. Ambassador to Madrid, 1869–77; to Constantinople, 1877–80.
Source
ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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