Frank Calvert
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This article is about the archaeologist and British expatriate. For the Seattle cartoonist, see Frank Calvert (cartoonist).
Frank Calvert (1828–1908) was an English expatriate who was a consular official in the eastern Mediterranean region and an amateur archaeologist. He began exploratory excavations on the mound at Hisarlik (the site of the ancient city of Troy), seven years before the arrival of Heinrich Schliemann.