Rawlinson, Sir Henry, Assyriologist, born in Oxfordshire; entered the Indian Army in 1827; held several diplomatic posts, particularly in Persia; gave himself to the study of cuneiform inscriptions, and became an authority in the rendering of them and matters relative (1810‒1895).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Rawlinson, George * Ray, John