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, 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
John Marshall (September 24, 1755July 6, 1835) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835. He remains the longest-serving chief justice and fourth-longes ...
, the Director-General of the
Archaeology Survey of India
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(1902-1928).
In October 1913 he was appointed the Superintendent of the Southern Circle,
Archaeological Survey of India.
From 1927 to 1931 he was in charge of the systematic digging of
Nagarjunakonda.
[Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volume 72, Issue 2–3 June 1940 , pp. 226-22]
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Longhurst served as the Archaeological Commissioner, Department of Archaeology (Sri Lanka), Archaeological Survey of Ceylon between 1934 and 1940, mainly working at Polonnaruwa but also at Anuradhapura and Sigiriya, concentrating more on conservation/restoration rather than excavation.
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* Excavations at Nagarjunakonda, 1929-1930.[Buddhist Monks and Business Matters: Still More Papers on Monastic Buddhism in India, Gregory Schopen
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* Memoirs Of The Archaeological Survey Of India No.33 Pt.
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References
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English archaeologists
1876 births
1955 deaths