Presentation

Born on February 15, 1904 in Laurière (Haute-Vienne). Died on May 31, 1985.

Education and professional career

  • 1924-1927: Student at the École normale Supérieure
  • 1927-1932: Member of the École Française d'Archéologie in Athens
  • 1932-1974: Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Etudes (IVe section) in historical geography of the Greek world and Greek epigraphy
  • 1939-1974: Professor of Greek Epigraphy and Antiquities at the Collège de France

Awards and distinctions

  • Member of the Academies of London, Vienna, Paris (Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 1948), Berlin, Brussels, Rome, Boston, Athens, Warsaw
  • Honorary doctorate from the Universities of Louvain and Athens (Lettres, then Law)

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