Le Plongeon, Augustus, 1826-1908
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Name (Latin)
Le Plongeon, Augustus, 1826-1908
Other forms of name
LePlongeon, Augustus, 1826-1908
Date of birth
1826-05-04
Date of death
1908-12-13
Gender
male
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MARC
Sources of Information
- His The origin of the Egyptians, 1983:CIP t.p. (Augustus Le Plongeon, M.D.) data sheet (b. 5/4/1826)
- LC data base, 7/25/83(hdg.: Le Plongeon, Augustus, 1826-1908)
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Alice Dixon Le Plongeon (1851-1910), Public domain
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Augustus Le Plongeon (1825-1908), Public domain
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Alice Dixon Le Plongeon (1851-1910), Public domain
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I presume this is one of the late 20th century prints of Le Plongeon's 19th century negatives made by Lawrence Gustave Desmond. Clearly photo is not from when sculpture was in sito; presumably taken when it was either in Piste or Merida. -- Infrogmation 20:49, 9 July 2006 (UTC), Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Augustus Henry Julian Le Plongeon (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.
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