Lenormant, François

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François Lenormant

1837-1883

François Lenormant

(French: François Lenormant)

(17 January 1837 − 9 December 1883)

French archaeologist and numismatist (1837-1883), professor at the Bibliothèque Nationale from 1874. Among his studies of the ancient East are La Magie chez les Chaldéens (1874), translated as Chaldaean Magic (1878), and a companion work on Chaldean divination (1875). (BCW 2:534). French Assyriologist and archaeologist. Son of a well-known archaeologist, Charles Lenormant, who died at Athens, 1859, when father and son were visiting Greece (BCW 8:463).

Some links:

• Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Ленорман, Франсуа
• Other resources: Russian BTS: card data

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Lifetime: 1837-1883
Shortly: French archaeologist and numismatist (1837-1883), professor at the Bibliothèque Nationale from 1874....