EDWIN HAMILTON DAVIS
\ˈɛdwɪn hˈamə͡ltən dˈe͡ɪvɪs], \ˈɛdwɪn hˈaməltən dˈeɪvɪs], \ˈɛ_d_w_ɪ_n h_ˈa_m_əl_t_ə_n d_ˈeɪ_v_ɪ_s]\
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An American archaeologist; born in Ross County, O., Jan. 22, 1811; died in New York city, May 15, 1888. He was author of "Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley" (1848), which was described by A. Morlot, the distinguished Swiss archaeologist, as being "as glorious a monument of American science as Bunker Hill is of American bravery".
By Charles Dudley Warner
