Waddell, L. A. 1854-1938
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Name (Latin)
Waddell, L. A. 1854-1938
Other forms of name
Waddell, L. Austine (Laurence Austine), 1854-1938
Waddell, Lawrence Augustine, 1854-1938
Waddell, Lawrence Austine, 1854-1938
Waddell, Laurence Austine, 1854-1938
Date of birth
1854-05-29
Date of death
1938-09-20
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Egyptian civilization, its Sumerian origin and real chronology, 2014:title page (L.A. Waddell) page iii, etc. (Waddell, Lawrence Augustine (later Austine); medical officer in the Indian government service, traveller, and orientalist; born 29 May 1854 in Cumbernauld, Dumbartonshire; earned M.B. and M.Ch. from the University of Glasgow (1878); worked for the Indiana medical service, 1880-1905; professor of Tibetan at University College, London, 1906-1908; studied Buddhism, Tibet, ancient relations of India to the Mesopotamian world; died 19 September 1938 at Craigmore, Rothesay)
- LC data base, 9-3-86(hdg.: Waddell, Laurence Austine, 1854-1938; usage: L.A. Waddell; L. Austine Waddell)
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Laurence Austine Waddell
Unkown, photographed taken before 1917 (date of Laurence Waddell's retirement from the British Army)., Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Lieutenant Colonel Laurence Austine Waddell, CB, CIE, F.L.S., L.L.D, M.Ch., I.M.S. RAI, F.R.A.S (29 May 1854 – 19 September 1938) was a Scottish explorer, Professor of Tibetan, Professor of Chemistry and Pathology, Indian Army surgeon, collector in Tibet, and amateur archaeologist. Waddell also studied Sumerian and Sanskrit; he made various translations of seals and other inscriptions. His reputation as an Assyriologist gained little to no academic recognition and his books on the history of civilization have caused controversy. Some of his book publications however were popular with the public, and he is regarded by some today to have been a real-life precursor of the fictional character Indiana Jones.
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