William Loftus (archaeologist)

William Kennett Loftus (13 November 1820, in Linton, Kent – 27 November 1858, at sea) was a British geologist, naturalist, explorer and archaeological excavator. He discovered the ancient Sumerian city of Uruk in 1849.^[1]

^ Boulger, George Simonds (1893). "Loftus, William Kennett" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 34. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 80–81.

[1] Boulger, George Simonds (1893). "Loftus, William Kennett" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 34. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 80–81.

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