Alexander Cunningham
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Order of the Indian Empire
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(23 January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British
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archaeologist and army
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engineer
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, known as the father of the Archaeological Survey of India
Archaeological Survey of India
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. Both his brothers, Francis Cunningham
Francis Cunningham
Francis Cunningham was an officer in the Madras Army, member of the Mysore Commission, and Literary Editor.Francis Cunningham was the son of the poet Allan Cunningham and the younger brother of Joseph Davey and Alexander Cunningham, who also spent most of their working lives in India.The brothers'...
and Joseph Cunningham
Joseph Cunningham
Joseph Davey Cunningham, was the author of the book History of the Sikhs and an authority in Punjab historiography. His father was the famous Scottish poet and author Allan Cunningham....
became well known for their work in British India.
Born in London
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to the Scottish
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poet Allan Cunningham
Allan Cunningham
Allan Cunningham was a Scottish poet and author.He was born at Keir, near Dalswinton, Dumfriesshire, and first worked as a stonemason's apprentice. His father was a neighbour of Robert Burns at Ellisland, and Allan with his brother James visited James Hogg, the "Ettrick shepherd", who became a...
, he had his early education at Christ's Hospital, London
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. He later studied at the M.E.I Company's Seminary at Addiscombe
Addiscombe
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, and at the R.E.
