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Smith, George
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Assyriologist, born at London; trained as a bank-note engraver, but attracted the attention of Sir Henry Rawlinson by his interest in cuneiform inscriptions, and in 1867 received an appointment in the British Museum; acquired great skill as an interpreter of Assyrian inscriptions, published "Annals of Assurbanipal," and in 1872 discovered a tablet with the "Chaldean Account of the Deluge"; carried through important expeditions (1871-3-6) in search of antiquities in Nineveh and other parts of Assyria, accounts of which he published; wrote also histories of Babylonia, Assyria, Sennacherib, &c. (1840-1876).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Smith, George'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/smith-george.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Smith, George'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/smith-george.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
