Alexander Cunningham

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works Category:Translators
FirstName / namefirst	Alexander
LastName / namelast	Cunningham
MainNamePhon	Alexander Cunningham
SortName	Cunningham, Alexander
bio	Major General Sir Alexander Cunningham (January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British Army engineer with the Bengal Engineer Group who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India. In 1861, he was appointed to the newly created position of archaeological surveyor to the government of India; and he founded and organised what later became the Archaeological Survey of India. He wrote numerous books and monographs and made extensive collections of artefacts. Some of his collections were lost, but most of the gold and silver coins and a fine group of Buddhist sculptures and jewelery were bought by the British Museum in 1894. He was also the father of mathematician Allan Cunningham. (Source Accessed Aug 16, 2023)
YearBirth	1814
YearDeath	1893
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