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James Prinsep

1799 - 1840

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James Prinsep (20 August 1799 – 22 April 1840) was an English scholar, orientalist and antiquary. He was the founding editor of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and is best remembered for deciphering the Kharosthi and Brahmi scripts of ancient India. He studied, documented and illustrated many aspects of numismatics, metallurgy, meteorology apart from pursuing his career in India as an assay master at the mint in Benares. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Prinsep is the 133rd most popular archaeologist (down from 103rd in 2019), the 4,788th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,543rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, James Prinsep ranks 133 out of 151. Before him are John Beazley, Karel Absolon, Muhibbe Darga, Grahame Clark, Boris Piotrovsky, and Paolo Orsi. After him are Franz Weidenreich, Meave Leakey, Jale İnan, John M. Allegro, Miroslav Verner, and Bernard Pyne Grenfell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, James Prinsep ranks 59. Before him are Frederick Catherwood, Amos Bronson Alcott, Edward Belcher, Henry Monnier, William Rutter Dawes, and Avdotia Istomina. After him are Titian Peale, Samuel George Morton, Thomas Hood, and Simon Cameron. Among people deceased in 1840, James Prinsep ranks 45. Before him are Johann Michael Vogl, Sidney Smith, John Adair, John Abbot, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, and Karl Leberecht Immermann. After him are John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, and Felix Grundy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Prinsep ranks 4,789 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Williams (1886), Ron Flockhart (1923), Danny Blanchflower (1926), William of Newburgh (1130), Ian McLagan (1945), and Wordsworth Donisthorpe (1847). After him are Topper Headon (1955), James Gibbs (1682), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), Gordon Pirie (1931), Joe Orton (1933), and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, James Prinsep ranks 26. Before him are E. A. Wallis Budge (1857), Mortimer Wheeler (1890), James Mellaart (1925), Charles Dawson (1864), John Beazley (1885), and Grahame Clark (1907). After him are Meave Leakey (1942), John M. Allegro (1923), Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869), John Garstang (1876), Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871), and Churchill Babington (1821).

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