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Alfred Maudslay

1850 - 1931

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Alfred Percival Maudslay (18 March 1850 – 22 January 1931) was a British colonial administrator and archaeologist. He pioneered the careful archaeological study of the Maya ruins and the results of his field work were presented in Biologia Centrali-Americana: Archaeology (1889–1902). The massive five volume set continues to serve as an important work of reference for the study of Maya culture. In 1908, he made a complete translation, with annotations, of Bernal Díaz del Castillo's Historia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Maudslay is the 434th most popular explorer (down from 425th in 2019), the 4,357th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,018th in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Alfred Maudslay ranks 434 out of 498. Before him are Ivan Moskvitin, François Levaillant, Anthony de la Roché, Sverre Hassel, Frederick Russell Burnham, and Tim Severin. After him are Johann Ludwig Krapf, Carl Koldewey, Tobias Furneaux, Mikhail Somov, Vassili Poyarkov, and Aeneas Mackintosh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Alfred Maudslay ranks 108. Before him are Ion Andreescu, Betzy Akersloot-Berg, Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Heinrich Peters, Guerra Junqueiro, and Jean de Reszke. After him are Daniel Chester French, Franciszek Rychnowski, John Milne, William H. Welch, Yelena Polenova, and Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau. Among people deceased in 1931, Alfred Maudslay ranks 129. Before him are William Frederick Denning, Victor Bérard, Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, Kinue Hitomi, Cesare Burali-Forti, and Jetze Doorman. After him are Art Acord, Axel Andersen, Daniel Chester French, Lidiya Tseraskaya, Rolf Johnsson, and Marvin Hart.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alfred Maudslay ranks 4,358 out of 8,785. Before him are Niall Ferguson (1964), Murray Walker (1923), Evelyn Colyer (1902), Nathaniel Philip Rothschild (1971), Simeon Solomon (1840), and Jamie Campbell Bower (1988). After him are Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (1931), John Lilburne (1614), George Edwards (1694), William Henry Young (1863), Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), and Michael Kitchen (1948).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Alfred Maudslay ranks 60. Before him are Ernest Henry Wilson (1876), Clements Markham (1830), Luke Foxe (1586), Francis Crozier (1796), Christopher Middleton (1690), and Anthony de la Roché (1700). After him are Tobias Furneaux (1735), Boyd Alexander (1873), John Gardner Wilkinson (1797), Herbert Ponting (1870), George Back (1796), and Ed Stafford (1975).

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