Georges Perrot French archaeologist and classical scholar (1832–1914)
Georges Perrot (12 November 1832 – 30 June 1914) was a French archaeologist .
He taught at the Sorbonne from 1875 and was director of the École Normale Supérieure from 1888 to 1902. In 1874 he was elected to the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres , where he served as the permanent secretary from 1904 until his death.[ 1]
After discovering a first fragment of the Gortyn code in 1857, his most famous archaeological discovery was made while on an expedition to Asia Minor in 1861, where he found a Greek translation of the document known as 'The Political Testament of the Emperor Augustus'.[ citation needed ] Revue archéologique Histoire de l'art dans l'antiquité , which he wrote with Charles Chipiez (1882–1914).[ citation needed ]
Works
Perrot, Georges; Guillaume, Edmond [in French] ; Delbet, Jules [in French] (1862), Exploration archéologique de la Galatie et de la Bithynie, d'une partie de la Mysie, de la Phrygie, de la Cappadoce et du Pont, exécutée en 1861 1– 2, Paris: Firmin Didot 1 –2 )Perrot, Georges (1864), Souvenirs d'un voyage en Asie Mineure Michel Lévy Frères Perrot, Georges (1867), Essais sur le droit public et privé de la République athénienne. Le Droit public 1869 )Perrot, Georges (1873), L'Éloquence politique et judiciaire à Athènes I: Les Précurseurs de Démosthène Hachette Perrot, Georges (1875), Mémoires d'archéologie, d'épigraphie et d'histoire Perrot, Georges; Chipiez, Charles (1882–1914), Histoire de l'art dans l'antiquité. Égypte, Assyrie, Phénicie, Judée, Asie Mineure, Perse, Grèce, Etrurie, Rome , Paris: Hachette Perrot, Georges (1904), Praxitèle: étude critique Boissier, Gaston ; Darboux, Gaston ; Perrot, Georges; Picot, Georges ; Roujon, Henry ; Alfred, Franklin (1907), L'Institut de France References
'Death of M.G. Perrot', The Times , 1 July 1914
'Noted archaeologist dies', The New York Times , 1 July 1914 External links
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