Eugène Lefèvre-Pontalis

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Eugène Lefèvre-Pontalis (12 February 1862 – 31 October 1923) was a French

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and

archeologist 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 ...

. Following his studies at the ''

Lycée Condorcet The Lycée Condorcet () is a school founded in 1803 in Paris, France, located at 8, rue du Havre, in the city's 9th arrondissement. It is one of the four oldest high schools in Paris and also one of the most prestigious. Since its inception, var ...

'', in 1881 he entered the

École Nationale des Chartes The École Nationale des Chartes (, literally National School of Charters) is a French ''grande école'' and a constituent college of Université PSL, specialising in the historical sciences. It was founded in 1821, and was located initially at ...

, where he wrote a thesis on religious architecture in the former Diocese of

Soissons Soissons () is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne, about northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital o ...

in the 11th and 12th centuries. During his studies, he worked at the Mazarine Library and apprenticed with Alphonse Simil, an architect in the Commission des Monuments historiques. In 1894, he became assistant in medieval archaeology at the ''École Nationale des Chartes''. In 1911 he became the professor. In 1911, he became president of the ''Société française d’archéologie'' and, in 1916, of the ''Société nationale des antiquaires''. He founded the ''Société des amis de la cathédrale de Reims'' to help restore the

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after World War I. At his death, he gave his photographs to the ''Société française d’archéologie''. 1862 births 1923 deaths Archaeologists from Paris French medievalists French photographers Lycée Condorcet alumni French male non-fiction writers École Nationale des Chartes alumni {{archaeologist-stub