Layard

[laird, ley-erd]

noun

Sir Aus·ten Henry

[aw-stuh n] /ˈɔ stən/, 1817–94, English archaeologist, writer, and diplomat.

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Not less than two miles of bas-reliefs were thus brought to light by Mr. Layard.
Self-Help
Samuel Smiles
The first was on Layard's motion for reform, which was rejected by 359 to 46.
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3)
John Morley
Layard (Discoveries, p. 163) gives a sketch of one of these objects.
A History of Art in Chalda & Assyria, v. 1
Georges Perrot
See Layard, Monuments of Nineveh, 2nd series, plates 21 and 40.
A History of Art in Chalda & Assyria, v. 1
Georges Perrot
Mr. Layard could not induce them to touch anything from the bank, but a tyee of 18lb.
Fishing in British Columbia
Thomas Wilson Lambert

British Dictionary definitions for layard

Layard

noun

Sir Austen Henry. 1817–94, English archaeologist, noted for his excavations at Nimrud and Nineveh

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