Antedating of "Archaeologist"

[Stephen Goranson]

Quoting Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>:

> archaeologist (OED 1824)
>
> 1819 _Belles-Lettres Repository_ 1 May 15 (American Periodical Series)
> The discovery of the ruins of Dscherrasch and of Philadelphia, opens a new
> career to Archaeologists.

Dec. 1817, The Gentleman's Magazine, p. 573. Obituary.
"At Tunis, in the prime of life, the celebrated archaeologist, Count Camillo
Borgia. He had spent a considerable time in Africa; and, under the Dey [sic:
should be Bey] of Tunis, was enabled to undertake excavations to search for
antiquities...."


Stephen Goranson
http://www.duke.edu/~goranson

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