Georges Daux (21 September 1899 – 23 December 1988) was a French archaeologist and a leading scholar of Greek inscriptions.
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Born in Bastia and educated at the
École normale supérieure
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savoi ...
, Daux headed the
French School at Athens from 1950 to 1969.
He was elected to the
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1971 and to the
British Academy
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It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars span ...
in 1975.
References
1899 births
1988 deaths
French archaeologists
French hellenists
French epigraphers
École Normale Supérieure alumni
Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy
Members of the American Philosophical Society
Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur
University of Paris faculty
University of Burgundy faculty
French Army personnel