Albert Grenier (22 April 1878, Paris – 23 June 1961, Paris) was a French

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

, and

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

. He specialized in the history of ancient

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

and the

Celts The Celts (, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples () are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C.E. to present ancestry: Celtic a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancien ...

, especially the

Gauls The Gauls ( la, Galli; grc, Γαλάται, ''Galátai'') were a group of Celtic peoples of mainland Europe in the Iron Age and the Roman period (roughly 5th century BC to 5th century AD). Their homeland was known as Gaul (''Gallia''). They s ...

Works (selection)

* ''La Gaule : province romaine''. * ''Le Génie romain dans la religion, la pensée et l'art'', La Renaissance du Livre, Paris, 1925 * ''Les Gaulois'', Petite bibliothèque Payot, Paris, 1970. * ''Quatre villes romaines de Rhénanie : Trèves, Mayence, Bonn, Cologne''. * ''Manuel d'archéologie gallo-romaine, tome 1 : Généralités et travaux militaires''. * ''Manuel d'archéologie gallo-romaine, tome 2 : L'Archéologie du sol, les routes, la navigation, l'occupation du sol''.

References

20th-century French historians French archaeologists Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Writers from Paris 1878 births 1961 deaths {{France-historian-stub