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Archibald Sayce

1845 - 1933

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Archibald Henry Sayce FRAS (25 September 1845 – 4 February 1933) was a pioneer British Assyriologist and linguist, who held a chair as Professor of Assyriology at the University of Oxford from 1891 to 1919. He was able to write in at least twenty ancient and modern languages, and was known for his emphasis on the importance of archaeological and monumental evidence in linguistic research. He was a contributor to articles in the 9th, 10th and 11th editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Archibald Sayce is the 14,715th most popular politician (up from 14,766th in 2019), the 3,780th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,718th in 2019) and the 513th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Archibald Sayce ranks 14,715 out of 19,576. Before him are Arturo Armando Molina, Zlatko Mateša, Ankhesenpepi I, Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Michel Maffesoli, and Željko Šturanović. After him are Juan Orlando Hernández, Joseph von Radowitz, Kristi Noem, Mazie Hirono, Rose Cleveland, and Algernon Sidney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Archibald Sayce ranks 91. Before him are Zygmunt Gorazdowski, Ragna Nielsen, Edmund Reitter, José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, and Herbert Giles. After him are Hermann Bollé, Facundo Machaín, George Kennan, Johann Berger, William Christie, and Sámuel Teleki. Among people deceased in 1933, Archibald Sayce ranks 119. Before him are Harriet Brooks, Kote Marjanishvili, Mykola Khvylovy, Sophia Parnok, George Moore, and Baltasar Brum. After him are George Saling, Ludwig Schlesinger, Ismael Montes, Anita Rée, Albert Champoudry, and Stasys Girėnas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Archibald Sayce ranks 3,781 out of 8,785. Before him are Aaron Arrowsmith (1750), Steve Coogan (1965), Rowan Williams (1950), Andy Goldsworthy (1956), Barry Flanagan (1941), and Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841). After him are John Ireland (1879), Stephen Hendry (1969), Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899), Algernon Sidney (1623), Jack Straw (1946), and Richard Madden (1986).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Archibald Sayce ranks 513. Before him are Jack McConnell (1960), Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341), John Negroponte (1939), John Julius Norwich (1929), Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355), and Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841). After him are Algernon Sidney (1623), Jack Straw (1946), Cenwalh of Wessex (601), Margaret Beckett (1943), Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885), and Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871).

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