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18th-century archaeologists

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Alexandre LenoirArtist · PaintingsMarie Alexandre Lenoir (French pronunciation: [maʁi alɛksɑ̃dʁ lənwaʁ]; 27 December 1761 – 11 June 1839) was a French archaeologist.
Andrés Marcos BurrielAuthor · BooksAndrés Marcos Burriel y López (8 December 1719 – 19 June 1762) was a Spanish Jesuit historian, essayist, notable for editing Miguel Venegas' Empresas Apostólicas and publishing it using…
Charles Alfred StothardArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Charles Alfred Stothard (1786–1821)
Charles Hamilton SmithIllustrator · IllustrationLieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith, KH, KW, FRS, FLS (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was a British Army officer, artist, naturalist, antiquary and spy.
Constantine Samuel RafinesqueArtist · PaintingsConstantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (kɔ̃stɑ̃tin(ə) samɥɛl ʁafinɛsk(ə)ʃmalts) (22 October 1783 – 18 September 1840) was a French polymath of the early 19th century.
Edme-François JomardAuthor · Maps and atlasesEdme-François Jomard (lang; 1777 – September 22, 1862) was a French cartographer, engineer, and archaeologist.
Edward DodwellArtist · PaintingsEdward Dodwell (30 November 176713 May 1832) was an Irish painter, traveller and a writer on archaeology.
Francesco InghiramiEngraver · PrintsFrancesco Inghirami (1772–1846) was an Italian archeologist and author.
Franz Christian GauDesigner · DesignFranz Christian Gau (15 June 1790, in Cologne – January 1854, in Paris) was a French architect and archaeologist of German descent.
Frederick CatherwoodArtist · PaintingsFrederick Catherwood (27 February 1799 – 27 September 1854) was an English artist, architect and explorer, best remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya…
Friedrich Gottlieb WelckerAuthor · BooksFriedrich Gottlieb Welcker (4 November 1784 – 17 December 1868) was a German classical philologist and archaeologist.
Georg Friedrich CreuzerAuthor · BooksGeorg Friedrich Creuzer (German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈkʁɔʏtsɐ]; 10 March 1771 – 6 February 1858) was a German philologist and archaeologist.
Gian Rinaldo CarliAuthor · BooksGian Rinaldo Carli (11 April 1720 – 22 February 1795), also known by other names, was a Venetian economist, historian, and antiquarian.
Gustav SeyffarthAuthor · BooksGustav Seyffarth (13 July 179617 November 1885) was a German-American Egyptologist, born in Uebigau, in the Electorate of Saxony.
Henry SaltIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — Portrait of Henry Salt by John James Halls (c.
Hester StanhopeAuthor · BooksLady Hester Lucy Stanhope (12 March 1776 – 23 June 1839) was a British adventurer, writer, antiquarian, and one of the most famous travellers of her age.
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de PerthesAuthor · BooksJacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (10 September 1788 – 5 August 1868), sometimes referred to as Boucher de Perthes (uklang), was a French archaeologist and antiquary notable for his…
Jacques Ignace HittorffDesigner · DesignIllustration — Jacques Hittorff; portrait by Ingres.
James StuartArtist · PaintingsJames "Athenian" Stuart (1713 – 2 February 1788) was a British archaeologist, architect and artist, best known for publishing carefully measured architectural prints, including the smallest…
Ján KollárAuthor · BooksJán Kollár (Kollár János; 29 July 1793 – 24 January 1852) was a Slovak writer (mainly poet), archaeologist, scientist, Lutheran pastor, politician, and major proponent of Pan-Slavism.
Jan PotockiAuthor · BooksCount Jan Potocki (8 March 1761 – 23 December 1815) was a Polish nobleman, ethnologist, linguist, traveller and author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a…
Jean-Baptiste ViettyArtist · SculptureIllustration — Vietty's Apollino (Musée des Beaux-Arts of Lyon)
Jean-Jacques BarthélemyAuthor · BooksJean-Jacques Barthélemy (20 January 1716 – 30 April 1795) was a French Catholic clergyman, archaeologist, numismatologist and scholar who became the first person to decipher an extinct…
Johann Ludwig BurckhardtAuthor · BooksJohann Ludwig (also known as John Lewis, Jean Louis) Burckhardt (24 November 1784 – 15 October 1817) was a Swiss traveller, geographer, and Orientalist.
John PinkertonAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — John Pinkerton
John SoaneDesigner · DesignSir John Soane (né Soan; 10 September 1753 – 20 January 1837) was an English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style.
Karl Ludwig FernowAuthor · BooksIllustration — Karl Ludwig Fernow
Leopoldo CicognaraArtist · PaintingsCount Leopoldo Cicognara (17 November 1767, in Ferrara – 5 March 1834, in Venice) was an Italian artist, art collector, art historian and bibliophile.
Louis DutensAuthor · BooksLouis Dutens (15 January 173023 May 1812) was a French writer born in Tours, of Protestant parents, who lived most of his life in Britain or in British service on the continent.
Louis-François CassasDesigner · DesignLouis-François Cassas (June 3, 1756 – November 1, 1827) was a French landscape painter, sculptor, architect, archaeologist and antiquary born in Azay-le-Ferron, in the Indre Department of…
Luigi LanziAuthor · BooksLuigi Antonio Lanzi (13 June 1732 – 31 March 1810) was an Italian Jesuit priest, known for his writings as an art historian and archaeologist.
Nicholas RevettDesigner · DesignNicholas Revett (1720–1804) was a British architect. Revett is best known for his work with James "Athenian" Stuart documenting the ruins of ancient Athens.
Richard PocockeAuthor · BooksRichard Pococke (19 November 1704 – 25 September 1765) was an English clergyman and writer. He was the Bishop of Ossory (1756–65) and Meath (1765), both dioceses of the Church of Ireland.
Robert AdamDesigner · DesignRobert Adam (3 July 17283 March 1792) was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer.
Robert WoodAuthor · BooksIllustration — 1755 portrait of Wood by Allan Ramsay
Thomas HopeDesigner · DesignIllustration — Portrait of Thomas Hope by William Beechey, 1798
Thomas YoungPerson · Music memorabiliaThomas Young (13 June 177310 May 1829) was a British polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony,…
Vivant DenonArtist · PaintingsDominique Vivant, Baron Denon (dɔminik vivɑ̃ baʁɔ̃ dənɔ̃; 4 January 1747 – 27 April 1825) was a French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist.[1] Denon was a diplomat for…
William Henry SmythAuthor · Maps and atlasesAdmiral William Henry Smyth (21 January 1788 – 8 September 1865) was an English Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist.

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