One of the more interesting characters in British history.
Lieutenant Colonel Laurence Austine Waddell,[1] CB, CIE, F.L.S., L.L.D, M.Ch., I.M.S. RAI, F.R.A.S (1854–1938) was a British explorer, Professor of Tibetan, Professor of Chemistry and Pathology, Indian Army surgeon,[2] collector in Tibet, and amateur archaeologist. Waddell also studied Sumerian and Sanskrit; he made various translations of seals and other inscriptions. His reputation as a Assyriologist gained little to no academic recognition and his books on the history of civilization have caused controversy. Some of his book publications however were popular with the public, and he is regarded by some today to have been a real-life precursor of the fictional character Indiana Jones.[3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Waddell#cite_note-Preston2009-3
Laurence Waddell - Wikipedia
His most famous book is available at archive,org, along with a lot of his essays on various historical topics.
Internet Archive Search: creator:"Laurence Austine WADDELL"
His book on the Phoenicians and early Britain is here:
The Phoenician Origin of Britons, Scots & Anglo-Saxons (1924 - 1st. edition) : Laurence Austine WADDELL : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
they had a lot of interesting theories back in those days, and they make for fun reading whether true or not. They all seem to be obsessed with 'Aryanism' for some reason, I guess because of the Pan-German Movement Bismarck started in an attempt to create a nationalist bond on the recently formed Germany'. That idea started going awry soon, and ended up being used by Hitler to destroy Germany.
Lieutenant Colonel Laurence Austine Waddell,[1] CB, CIE, F.L.S., L.L.D, M.Ch., I.M.S. RAI, F.R.A.S (1854–1938) was a British explorer, Professor of Tibetan, Professor of Chemistry and Pathology, Indian Army surgeon,[2] collector in Tibet, and amateur archaeologist. Waddell also studied Sumerian and Sanskrit; he made various translations of seals and other inscriptions. His reputation as a Assyriologist gained little to no academic recognition and his books on the history of civilization have caused controversy. Some of his book publications however were popular with the public, and he is regarded by some today to have been a real-life precursor of the fictional character Indiana Jones.[3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Waddell#cite_note-Preston2009-3
Laurence Waddell - Wikipedia
His most famous book is available at archive,org, along with a lot of his essays on various historical topics.
Internet Archive Search: creator:"Laurence Austine WADDELL"
His book on the Phoenicians and early Britain is here:
The Phoenician Origin of Britons, Scots & Anglo-Saxons (1924 - 1st. edition) : Laurence Austine WADDELL : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
they had a lot of interesting theories back in those days, and they make for fun reading whether true or not. They all seem to be obsessed with 'Aryanism' for some reason, I guess because of the Pan-German Movement Bismarck started in an attempt to create a nationalist bond on the recently formed Germany'. That idea started going awry soon, and ended up being used by Hitler to destroy Germany.
