Alexander Cunningham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexander Cunningham

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1814

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1893

Profession: engineer, art historian, numismatist, explorer, epigrapher, oriental archaeology

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Major General Sir Alexander Cunningham (23 January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British army engineer with the Bengal Engineer Group who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India.
In 1861, he was appointed to the newly created position of archaeological surveyor to the government of India; and he founded and organised what later became the Archaeological Survey of India.
He wrote numerous books and monographs and made extensive collections of artefacts.
Some of his collections were lost, but most of the gold and silver coins and a fine group of Buddhist sculptures and jewellery were bought by the British Museum in 1894.He is also the father of Allan Cunningham, a celebrated mathematician.?