Gabriel Millet (17 April 1867 – 8 May 1953) was a French archaeologist and historian.

Biography

After he passed his agrégation of history in 1891, Gabriel Millet became a member of the

French School at Athens The French School at Athens (french: École française d’Athènes, EfA; el, Γαλλική Σχολή Αθηνών ''Gallikí Scholí Athinón'') is one of the seventeen foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece. History ...

, then director of the

École pratique des hautes études The École pratique des hautes études (), abbreviated EPHE, is a Grand Établissement in Paris, France. It is highly selective, and counted among France's most prestigious research and higher education institutions. It is a constituent college o ...

in religious sciences in 1899, and professor at the

Collège de France The Collège de France (), formerly known as the ''Collège Royal'' or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment (''grand établissement'') in France. It is located in Paris ne ...

in 1927. A voyager, he travelled throughout Europe, Greece, Macedonia, the

Balkans The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...

. In 1906 Gabriel Millet,

Vladimir Petković Vladimir Petković (; born 15 August 1963) is a Bosnian-born Swiss professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of French side Bordeaux, having previously managed the Switzerland national team, a string o ...

and

Josef Strzygowski Josef Rudolph Thomas Strzygowski (March 7, 1862 – January 2, 1941) was a Polish-Austrian art historian known for his theories promoting influences from the art of the Near East on European art, for example that of Early Christian Armenian arch ...

began research on Serbian painting, which they "acclaimed it to be among the finest creations of medieval Europe".After the trip he wrote books, including his university thesis, on the finding of his research in

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

. Millet was the author of numerous books on

Byzantine art Byzantine art comprises the body of Christian Greek artistic products of the Eastern Roman Empire, as well as the nations and states that inherited culturally from the empire. Though the empire itself emerged from the decline of Rome and lasted ...

. In 1930, in collaboration with

Louis Bréhier Louis René Bréhier (; 5 August 1868 – 13 October 1951) was a French historian who specialized in Byzantine studies. His brother was the philosopher Émile Bréhier. Biography Louis Bréhier was born in Brest, France on 5 August 1868. He st ...

, he led an archaeological mission to

Mount Athos Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the penins ...

. He founded the series "Archives d'Athos" at the College de France, under the patronage of the

Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, f ...

and the Academy of Athens. Later, Gabriel Millet led two more Serbian archaeological missions of 1934 and 1935, sponsored by the French Government in collaboration with the

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...

. All practical difficulties such as transportation, supplies, scaffolding, were ironed out in that journey thanks to the energy and kindness of his long-time friends, professor of art Đurađ Bošković, his wife and colleagues, including

and

Milan Kašanin Milan Kašanin ( sr-cyr, Милан Кашанин; 21 February 1895 – 22 November 1981) was a Serbian art historian, art critic, curator and writer. He served as the head of three Belgrade based museums, the Museum of Prince Pavle (the modern-d ...

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Gabriel Millet (1867-1953)
on Index of Christian Art
Millet, Gabriel
in the

Dictionary of Art Historians The ''Dictionary of Art Historians'' (DAH) is an online encyclopedia of topics relating to art historians, art critics and their dictionaries. The mission of the project is to provide free, reliable, English-language information on published art ...

''Éloge funèbre de M. Gabriel Millet, membre ordinaire''

Obituary

''Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Gabriel Millet, membre de l'Académie''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Millet, Gabriel French archaeologists Travelers 1867 births People from Saint-Louis, Senegal 1952 deaths French Byzantinists Collège de France faculty Members of the French School at Athens École pratique des hautes études faculty

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