Augustus Le Plongeon | |
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 Photograph by Alice Dixon Le Plongeon | |
| Born | 4 May 1825 Island of Jersey |
| Died | 13 December 1908 (aged 83) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Antiquarian |
| Nationality | British-American |
| Subject | Maya civilization, Atlantis |
| Spouse | Alice Dixon Le Plongeon |
Augustus Henry Julian Le Plongeon[1] (4 May 1825 – 13 December 1908) was a British-American antiquarian and photographer who studied the pre-Columbian ruins of America, particularly those of the Maya civilization on the northern Yucatán Peninsula. While his writings contain many notions that were not well received by his contemporaries and were later disproven, Le Plongeon left a lasting legacy in his photographs documenting the ancient ruins. He was one of the earliest proponents of Mayanism.