Alexandre Louis Joseph Bertrand (11 June 1820 – 1902) was a French archaeologist born in Rennes.

Life

He was the son of physician Alexandre Jacques François Bertrand (1795-1831) and elder brother to

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(1822-1900). Alexandre Bertrand studied at the École Normale Superieure, and later taught classes at the lycée in Laval (from 1848). In 1849 he became a member of the

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, and from 1851 to 1858, served as a professor of rhetoric at the lycée in Rennes.BERTRAND-Alexandre
INHA Bertrand was a pioneer of Gallic and

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archaeology, and was involved in the archaeological dig at

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(1861/62). In 1864, with

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, he directed excavations of burial mounds at Meloisey. In 1862 he founded the Gallo-Roman museum in

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, serving as its curator from 1867 until his death in 1902. Assisting him in this endeavor were

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(1868 to 1885) and

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(1886 to 1902). From 1882 he taught classes in archaeology at the

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. He was an editor of '' Revue Archeologique'' and a member of

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.Annuaire de Bretagne: historique, litteraire et scientifique, 1897
edited by René Pocard du Cosquer de Kerviler, Paul Sébillot

Selected writings

* ''Études de mythologie et d'archéologie grecques, d'Athènes à Argos'', 1858 - Studies of

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and archaeology of

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and

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. * ''Archéologie celtique & gauloise, mémoires et documents relatifs aux premiers temps de notre histoire nationale'', 1876 - Celtic and Gallic archaeology. * ''La Gaule avant les Gaulois'', 1891 -

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prior to the Gallic. * ''Les Celtes dans les vallées du Po et du Danube'', 1894 -

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in the Po and

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References

* Long list of publications associated with Bertrand at the equivalent article of the

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External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bertrand, Alexandre French archaeologists Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Members of the French School at Athens École Normale Supérieure alumni Directors of museums in France Artists from Paris 1820 births 1902 deaths