ARCHAEOLOGIST

Paul-Émile Botta

1802 - 1870

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Paul-Émile Botta (6 December 1802 – 29 March 1870) was an Italian-born French archeologist who served as Consul in Mosul (then in the Ottoman Empire, now in Iraq) from 1842, and who discovered the ruins of the ancient Assyrian capital of Dur-Sharrukin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul-Émile Botta is the 40th most popular archaeologist (up from 50th in 2019), the 2,184th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,301st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Paul-Émile Botta ranks 40 out of 151. Before him are Robert Ballard, André Leroi-Gourhan, Ernst Curtius, Ami Boué, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, and Henri Breuil. After him are Leonard Woolley, John O. Westwood, Hat Hor, Yuri Knorozov, Johan Gunnar Andersson, and Max Mallowan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, Paul-Émile Botta ranks 28. Before him are Charles Auguste de Bériot, Johann Friedrich von Brandt, Leopold Fitzinger, Ignacy Domeyko, Harriet Martineau, and Robert Chambers. After him are Arnold Ruge, Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, Carl Ritter von Ghega, Mariano Arista, Adolphe Nourrit, and Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg. Among people deceased in 1870, Paul-Émile Botta ranks 31. Before him are Louise Lehzen, David Farragut, Justo José de Urquiza, Konstantin Ushinsky, Friedrich Boie, and Victor de Broglie. After him are Charles Xavier Thomas, Pieter Bleeker, Karel Jaromír Erben, Arthur Saint-Léon, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, and Prince Frederick of Württemberg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Paul-Émile Botta ranks 2,184 out of 5,161. Before him are Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (1720), Leandro Bassano (1557), Attilio Ferraris (1904), Lucio Battisti (1943), Pietro Nardini (1722), and Galeazzo I Visconti (1277). After him are Urbano Rattazzi (1808), Marco d'Aviano (1631), Liutpert (680), Aurelio De Laurentiis (1949), Desiderio da Settignano (1430), and Mario Brega (1923).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Italy

Among archaeologists born in Italy, Paul-Émile Botta ranks 2. Before him are Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli (1391). After him are Giuseppe Fiorelli (1823), Florentino Ameghino (1853), Giuseppe Tucci (1894), and Massimo Pallottino (1909).

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