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Alexander Cunningham

1814 - 1893

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Major General Sir Alexander Cunningham (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Cunningham is the 120th most popular engineer (down from 92nd in 2019), the 1,888th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,303rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Alexander Cunningham ranks 120 out of 389. Before him are François Laurent d'Arlandes, Erich Topp, Eupalinos, Erik Dahlbergh, Henry Darcy, and Borys Paton. After him are Valdemar Poulsen, Yevgeny Dragunov, Ivan Sechenov, Rory Byrne, Guenther Steiner, and Nikolai Polikarpov.

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Among people born in 1814, Alexander Cunningham ranks 31. Before him are Adolf von Henselt, Rasoherina, Ernst Curtius, Josif Pančić, Eduard Zeller, and Kamehameha III. After him are Mehmed Fuad Pasha, Amalia Lindegren, Théodolinde de Beauharnais, Rafael Carrera, Ivan Mažuranić, and Charles Mackay. Among people deceased in 1893, Alexander Cunningham ranks 28. Before him are Alfredo Catalani, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, José Zorrilla, Heinrich Göbel, Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Ford Madox Brown. After him are George Tupou I, Jacob Moleschott, John O. Westwood, Rudolf Wolf, William Smith, and P. G. T. Beauregard.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Cunningham ranks 1,888 out of 8,785. Before him are Lulach (1030), K. K. Downing (1951), Terry Eagleton (1943), Ernest Jones (1879), C. Northcote Parkinson (1909), and Thomas Heath (1861). After him are Andrew V. McLaglen (1920), Princess Beatrice of York (1988), Evelyn De Morgan (1855), Hugh Fraser (1945), Steven Runciman (1903), and Gytha of Wessex (1053).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Alexander Cunningham ranks 15. Before him are Adrian Newey (1958), Henry Royce (1863), Charles Rolls (1877), Patrick Head (1946), Robert Stephenson (1803), and George Cayley (1773). After him are W. Ross Ashby (1903), John Loudon McAdam (1756), John Scott Russell (1808), John Bagot Glubb (1897), John Hughes (1814), and John Smeaton (1724).

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