BANKS, EDGAR JAMES

(1866), archaeologist; 6. Sunder land, Ma ., May 23. He was educated at Amherst, Harvard and Breslau Univs.; American consul at Bagdad, 1897-8; organized in 1899, expedition to excavate Babylonian city of Ur, but Turkish authorities refused permi ion after two years — of waiting; acting profe or of ancient history, Robert College, Constantinople; d excavated Babylonian ruin, Bismya,; 1903, for University of Chicago, and discovering several you sands of inscribed objects dating back to more than 4000 B.C. Field director of Babylonian expedition and instructor of Turkish and Semitic languages, Univer. of Chicago, 1903-6. Climbed to summit of Mt. Ararat, 1912. Author of numerous works.