Albert Henry Longhurst (1876 – 1955) was a British archaeologist and art historian, working in India and Ceylon. Albert Henry Longhurst was born in

Great Bookham Great Bookham is a village in Surrey, England, one of six semi-urban spring line settlements between the towns of Leatherhead and Guildford. With the narrow strip parish of Little Bookham, it forms part of the Saxon settlement of ''Bocham'' ...

, Surrey, England in 1876, the third of seven children (second son) to David Longhurst and Mary née Ranger. Longhurst was the brother-in-law of Sir John Marshall, the Director-General of the Archaeology Survey of India (1902-1928). In October 1913 he was appointed the Superintendent of the Southern Circle,

Archaeological Survey of India The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is an Indian government agency that is responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural historical monuments in the country. It was founded in 1861 by Alexand ...

. From 1927 to 1931 he was in charge of the systematic digging of

Nagarjunakonda Nagarjunakonda (IAST: Nāgārjunikoṇḍa, meaning Nagarjuna Hill) is a historical town, now an island located near Nagarjuna Sagar in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, near the state border with Telangana. It is one o ...

.Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volume 72, Issue 2–3 June 1940 , pp. 226-22

/ref> Longhurst served as the Archaeological Commissioner, Department of Archaeology (Sri Lanka), Archaeological Survey of Ceylon between 1934 and 1940, mainly working at

Polonnaruwa Poḷonnaruwa, ( si, පොළොන්නරුව, translit=Poḷonnaruva; ta, பொலன்னறுவை, translit=Polaṉṉaṟuvai) also referred as Pulathisipura and Vijayarajapura in ancient times, is the main town of Polonnaruwa Dis ...

but also at

Anuradhapura Anuradhapura ( si, අනුරාධපුරය, translit=Anurādhapuraya; ta, அனுராதபுரம், translit=Aṉurātapuram) is a major city located in north central plain of Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of North Central ...

and

Sigiriya Sigiriya or Sinhagiri (''Lion Rock'' si, සීගිරිය, ta, சிகிரியா/சிங்ககிரி, pronounced see-gi-ri-yə) is an ancient rock fortress located in the northern Matale District near the town of Dambull ...

, concentrating more on conservation/restoration rather than excavation.

Works

* * * * Excavations at Nagarjunakonda, 1929-1930.Buddhist Monks and Business Matters: Still More Papers on Monastic Buddhism in India, Gregory Schopen University of Hawaii Press, 200
p.380
/ref> * * Memoirs Of The Archaeological Survey Of India No.33 Pt.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Longhurst, A. H. English archaeologists 1876 births 1955 deaths