Georges-Albert Radet (1859-1941) was a French epigrapher, archaeologist and historian. He was born in Chesley on 28 November 1859, and died at

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on 9 July 1941.

Life

After studying at the

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, Radet passed the

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in 1884 and joined the

French School of 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 ...

in the same year. Specialising in Asia, he travelled the continent on numerous occasions and in 1892 defended his doctoral thesis titled "La Lydie et le monde grec au temps de Mermnades, 687-546" ydia and the Greek world at the time of Mermnades, 687-546 Between 1888 and 1934, he taught at the Faculty of Letters of the

University of Bordeaux The University of Bordeaux (French: ''Université de Bordeaux'') is a public university based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It has several campuses in the cities and towns of Bordeaux, Dax, Gradignan, Périgueux, Pessac, and Ta ...

, and was dean of the faculty from 1899 to 1919. He was awarded the Prix Kastner-Boursault in 1902. He was a corresponding member of the

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in 1904, and elected as a free member on 13 November 1925. He was co-founder of the School of Hispanic Studies and the

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Publications

* ''La Lydie et le monde grec au temps des Mermnades (687-546)'' (« Bibliothèque des Écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome », 63), Paris, Thorin, 1893. * ''L'histoire et l’œuvre de l'École française d'Athènes'', Paris, A. Fontemoing, 1901, prix Kastner-Boursault de l’Académie française en 1902 * ''Notes critiques sur l'histoire d'Alexandre'', Bordeaux, Féret & fils, 1925-1927, 86 p. (en ligne rchive.

Bibliography

* "Mélanges d'études anciennes offerts à Georges Radet, sous la direction de Fernand Chapouthier, William Seston et Pierre Boyancé - Bibliographie", dans ''Revue des Études Anciennes'', 1940, vol. 42, no. 1-4, p. 17-44. * Marcel Aubert, "Éloge funèbre de M. Georges Radet, académicien libre", ''Comptes rendus de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres'', vol. 85, no. 4, 1941, (ISSN 1969-6663) * Pierre Roussel, Nécrologie : "La collaboration de Georges Radet au Journal des Savants", ''Journal des Savants'', 1941, no. 3, p. 132-134. * René Dussaud, "Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Georges Radet, membre de l'Académie", ''Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres'', 1947, 91e année, no. 4, p. 648-661. * François Cadilhon, Bernard Lachaise et Jean-Michel Lebigre (préf. Anne-Marie Cocula), ''Histoire d'une université bordelaise : Michel de Montaigne, faculté des arts, faculté des lettres, 1441-1999, vol. 1, Talence, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux'', 1999, 221 p. (), p. 83. {{DEFAULTSORT:Radet, Georges 19th-century French historians 20th-century French historians 1859 births 1941 deaths People from Aube Travelers in Asia Minor