Henry Salt
English artist, traveller, diplomat, and egyptologist (1780-1827)
Facts
24 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of death
- October 30, 1827
- Place of birth
- Lichfield
- Country of citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[13]
- Occupation
- diplomat, Egyptologist, archaeologist, painter, botanist, draftsperson, illustrator, topographer, botanical collector, scientific collector, art collector, consul general[5][6][7][8][9][14]
- Position held
- consul general[16]
- Award received
- Fellow of the Royal Society[17]
- Father
- Thomas Salt[12]
- Work location
- Cairo
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- Collection items at
- Herbarium, Meise Botanic Garden, Herbarium, Missouri Botanical Garden, Natural History Museum
- Copyright status as a creator
- copyrights on works have expired
- Described by source
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Has works in the collection
- Vanderbilt Museum of Art
- Name in native language
- Henry Salt
- Writing language
- English
🏷️ Also known as
en Salt
en Henry Salt
ar Henry Salt
ar هنري سولت
de Salt
es Salt
fa هنری سلت
fr Salt
he הנרי סולט (אגיפטולוג)
it Salt
ja ヘンリー・ソールト
nl Henry Salt
ru Salt
ru Генри Сальт
ru Генри Солт
ru Сальт, Генри
uk Генрі Солт
zh 亨利·薩爾特
🔖 Identifiers · 75
- ISNI
- 0000000115565192
- VIAF cluster ID
- 29677783
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- no97054561
- GND ID
- 117618179
- Accademia delle Scienze di Torino ID
- henry-salt
- Art UK artist ID
- salt-les-19161986
- Artists of the World ID
- 00126219
- Artnet artist ID
- henry-salt
- AskArt person ID
- 11128092
- BHL creator ID
- 155629
- BIBSYS ID
- 2000866
- Benezit ID
- B00159791
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- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 133285762
- Bionomia ID
- Henry Salt
- Botanist author abbreviation
- Salt
- British Museum person or institution ID
- 62925
- CERL Thesaurus ID
- cnp00960630, cnp01363390
- CTHS person ID
- 116105
- Christie's creator ID
- 42871
- CiNii Research ID
- 1140282266807152000
- DDB person (GND) ID
- 117618179
- Darwin Correspondence ID
- 4155
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
- 117618179
- Digital portrait index person (GND) ID
- 117618179
- Edition humboldt digital ID
- H0015404
- Entomologists of the World ID
- 16184
- Europeana entity
- agent/base/154331
- FAST ID
- 397539
- FamilySearch person ID
- KDWX-JRX
- Freebase ID
- /m/0604h6
- Geographicus cartographer ID
- salt
- HAND ID
- 0BB3-E5DE-C5E7-DAB5-9C4F
- Harvard Index of Botanists ID
- 862
- IPNI author ID
- 8852-1
- IdRef ID
- 035673877
- Invaluable.com person ID
- 1rlt26xfaq
- IxTheo authority ID
- 079042139
- J9U entity ID
- 987007281980105171
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
- 117618179
- LBT person ID
- HeSalt1827
- NACSIS-CAT author ID
- DA10406260
- NUKAT ID
- n2006118156
- National Library of Greece ID
- 239672
- National Library of Ireland ID
- vtls000080638
- National Library of Israel ID (old)
- 000532490
- National Library of Poland MMS ID
- 9810668244405606
- National Library of Portugal ID
- 91204
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
- XX1656382
- National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
- mp52692
- National Virtual Library of India ID
- 775966
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 146063171
- Open Library ID
- OL2112933A
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
- 24563
- Parsifal cluster ID
- 584794
- Past Fellow of the Royal Society ID
- NA5489
- RA Collections ID
- 18887
- RERO ID (legacy)
- A003781738
- RKDartists ID
- 69434
- Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
- 196362
- Runeberg author ID
- salthens
- SBN author ID
- IEIV033794
- SHARE Catalogue author ID
- 244568
- SNAC ARK ID
- w65j1q0z
- Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators ID
- 4369
- Treccani ID
- henry-salt
- Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
- henry-salt
- UK National Archives ID
- F38044
- Union List of Artist Names ID
- 500025553
- Vatican Library VcBA ID
- 495/255134
- Watercolour World artist ID
- henry-salt
- Wellcome Collection concept ID
- e7b5skmt
- WikiTree person ID
- Salt-524
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJg4rQthw7wR48CV9bj9jC
- YCBA agent ID
- 2689
- Yale LUX ID
- person/252bfbb1-d1da-4d73-be05-3353e7bb1a84
🔗 Connections
Occupation 9
painter,
diplomat,
illustrator,
archaeologist,
Egyptologist,
botanist,
draftsperson,
topographer
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Award received 1
Bionomia ID 1
Collection items at 1
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Described by source 1
Field of work 1
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Instance of 1
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Named after 1
Place of birth 1
Place of death 1
Position held 1
Sex or gender 1
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Summary
Henry Salt was born in Lichfield[1]. He was born on June 14, 1780[2]. He passed away in Desouk[3]. He died on October 30, 1827[4]. He worked as a diplomat[5], egyptologist[6], archaeologist[7], painter[8], and botanist[9].
Body
Death and Burial
Recorded place of death include Desouk[3], a city[24], in Egypt[25] and Albugnano[10], a comune of Italy[26], in Italy[27].
Works and Contributions
Things named for Henry Salt include Salt's dik-dik[28], a taxon[29].
Why It Matters
He is credited with the discovery of Colossal red granite statue of Amenhotep III[30], a sculpture[31]. Entities named for him include Salt's dik-dik[28], a taxon[29].
FAQs
Where was Henry Salt born?
Henry Salt was born in Lichfield[1].
Where did Henry Salt die?
Henry Salt died in Desouk[3].
Who were Henry Salt's parents?
Henry Salt's father was Thomas Salt[12].
What did Henry Salt do for work?
Henry Salt worked as diplomat[5], egyptologist[6], archaeologist[7], painter[8], and botanist[9].
What awards did Henry Salt receive?
Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society[17].
What did Henry Salt discover?
Henry Salt is credited as discoverer of Colossal red granite statue of Amenhotep III[30].