Antedating of "Archaeologist"

[Joel S. Berson]

"Dey" is okay; goes back to 1659, and in use until at least 1847.

Joel

At 8/13/2006 10:55 AM, you wrote:
>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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