Lady Hester Stanhope
Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope was a British aristocrat, adventurer, antiquarian, and one of the most famous travellers of her age. Her archaeological excavation of Ashkelon in 1815 is considered the first to use modern archaeological principles, and her use of a medieval Italian document is described as "one of the earliest uses of textual sources by field archaeologists". Her letters and memoirs made her famous as an explorer.
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Female
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
January 1st, 1839
Died Aged
-131
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