Authors
Topics
Lists
Pictures
Resources
More about John Henry Parker
John Henry Parker Quotes
1 Sourced Quote
Source
Report...
Archaeology differs from history in... that it has to do only with existing remains explained by history, while [history] has to do with the things that have been, without regard to whether there are any visible remains or not.
John Henry Parker
Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Dawn Powell
John Henry Parker
Born:
March 1, 1806
Died:
January 31, 1884
(aged 77)
Bio:
John Henry Parker CB was an English archaeologist and writer on architecture and publisher.
Known for:
A Concise Dictionary of Architectural Terms (1875)
ABC of Gothic architecture (1881)
John Henry Parker on Wikipedia
John Henry Parker works on Wikisource
Suggest an edit or a new quote
English Archaeologist Quotes
Archaeologist Quotes
19th-century Archaeologist Quotes
Featured Authors
Lists
Predictions that didn't happen
If it's on the Internet it must be true
Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)
Picture Quotes
Confucius
Philip James Bailey
Eleanor Roosevelt
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Popular Topics
life
love
nature
time
god
power
human
mind
work
art
heart
thought
men
day
×
Lib Quotes
