1840 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1840 .

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">George Smith (Assyriologist)</span> British Assyriologist (1840–1876)

George Smith was a pioneering English Assyriologist who first discovered and translated the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest-known written works of literature.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Thomas Newton</span>

Sir Charles Thomas Newton was a British archaeologist. He was made KCB in 1887.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Warren</span> British army officer and archaeologist (1840–1927)

General Sir Charles Warren, was an officer in the British Royal Engineers. He was one of the earliest European archaeologists of the Biblical Holy Land, and particularly of the Temple Mount. Much of his military service was spent in British South Africa. Previously he was Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the head of the London Metropolitan Police, from 1886 to 1888 during the Jack the Ripper murders. His command in combat during the Second Boer War was criticised, but he achieved considerable success during his long life in his military and civil posts.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">David George Hogarth</span> British archaeologist (1862–1927)

David George Hogarth, also known as D. G. Hogarth, was a British archaeologist and scholar associated with T. E. Lawrence and Arthur Evans. He was Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford from 1909 to 1927.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Conrad Abbott</span> American archaeologist and naturalist

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">George R. Fischer</span> American underwater archaeologist

George Robert Fischer was an American underwater archaeologist, considered the founding father of the field in the National Park Service. A native Californian, he did undergraduate and graduate work at Stanford University, and began his career with the National Park Service in 1959, which included assignments in six parks, the Washington, D.C. Office, and the Southeast Archaeological Center from which he retired in 1988. He began teaching courses in underwater archaeology at Florida State University in 1974 and co-instructed inter-disciplinary courses in scientific diving techniques. After retirement from the NPS his FSU activities were expanded and his assistance helped shape the university's program in underwater archaeology.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Roach Smith</span> English antiquarian

Charles Roach Smith, FSA, was an English antiquarian and amateur archaeologist who was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and the London Numismatic Society. He was a founding member of the British Archaeological Association. Roach Smith pioneered the statistical study of Roman coin hoards.

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  1. "Smith, George 1840-1876". worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 May 2017.