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Sir
Alexander Cunningham
KCIE CSI ADC
Born
(1814-01-23)23 January 1814
London, United Kingdom
Died
28 November 1893(1893-11-28) (aged 79)
London, United Kingdom
Nationality
British
Occupations
Engineer
Archaeologist
Spouse
Alicia Maria Whish
(m. 1840)
[1]
Children
Allan J. C. Cunningham
Sir Alexander F. D. Cunningham[1]
Parent
Allan Cunningham[1] (father)
Relatives
Francis Cunningham (brother)
Joseph Davey Cunningham (brother)
Peter Cunningham (brother)[1]
Major General Sir Alexander CunninghamKCIE CSI (23 January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British Army engineer with the Bengal Sappers 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 jewellery were bought by the British Museum in 1894. He was also the father of mathematician Allan Cunningham.
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