biography
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Warren, Sir Charles
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| male
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| lived:
| (1840–1927)
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| biography:
| British soldier and archaeologist, born in Bangor, Gwynedd, NW Wales, UK. He joined the Royal Engineers (1857) and played a conspicuous part during the late 19th-c as a commander of British forces in South Africa, where he helped to delimit Griqualand West. He is chiefly remembered for his work in connection with the archaeological exploration of Palestine, especially Jerusalem, and for his writings arising from it, such as Underground Jerusalem (1876) and Temple and Tomb (1880). |
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