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About Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough
Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough was an Irish antiquarian who sought to prove that the indigenous peoples of the Americas were a Lost Tribe of Israel. His principal contribution was in making available facsimiles of ancient documents and some of the earliest explorers' reports on pre-Columbian ruins and Maya civilisation.
Everything about Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough →- Occupation
- politician, antiquarian
- Position held
- member of the 6th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 6th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 7th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- November 16, 1795
- Died
- February 27, 1837