Georges Daux (21 September 1899 – 23 December 1988) was a French archaeologist and a leading scholar of Greek inscriptions.{{Cite journal , last=Jameson , first=Michael H. , date=March 1995 , title=Georges Daux (21 September 1899-23 December 1988) , url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/986722 , journal=

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, volume=139 , issue=1 , pages=78–80, jstor=986722 Born in Bastia and educated at the

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, 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

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in 1975.

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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