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The man who first gave history a recognized place in science was an ancient historian.

James Henry Breasted

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James Henry Breasted
Age: 70 †
Born: 1865
Born: August 27
Died: 1935
Died: December 2
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Egyptologist
Historian
Pharmacist
University Teacher
Rockford
Illinois
J. H. Breasted
H. J. Breasted
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