Jean Babelon (19 January 1889 – 20 April 1978) was a 20th-century French librarian, historian and numismatist.
Biography
A student of the
École nationale des chartes, Jean Babelon wrote a thesis entitled ''La moralité de Bien Advisé et Mal Advisé, précédée d'une étude sur les moralités en général'' which earned him the degree of archivist paleographer in 1910.
He then joined the
Cabinet des médailles of the
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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, then headed by
his father
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Education
* Hangzhou International School, in ...
. He made his whole career in this institution and led the department between 1937 and 1961.
He was the author of a significant scientific work, primarily in the fields of
numismatics (''Catalogue de monnaies grecques de la collection de Luynes'' (4 volumes, 1924-1936), ''catalogue de la Collection de monnaies et médailles de M. Carlos de Beistegui'' (1934)) as well as in Spanish art and literature.
He was
Ernest Babelon
Ernest Charles François Babelon (born 7 November 1854 in Sarrey, Département Haute-Marne; died 3 January 1924 in Paris) was a French Numismatist and classical archaeologist.
Education and career
Ernest Babelon trained from 1874 to 1878 to be a ...
's son and
Jean-Pierre Babelon's father.
From 1923 to 1931 he directed with Pierre d'Espezel the review ''
Aréthuse''.
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Jean Babelon was a member of the Société des Antiquaires de France
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Main works
*1922: Jacopo da Trezzo et la construction de L'Escurial. Essai sur les arts a la cour de Philippe II (1519-1589)
*1924–1936: ''Catalogue de monnaies grecques de la collection de Luynes'', 4 volumes.
*1927: ''La médaille et les médailleurs'', Payot, Paris.
*1934
''Catalogue de la Collection de monnaies et médailles de M. Carlos de Beistegui''
*1942: ''Le portrait dans l'antiquité d'après les monnaies''. Payot.
*1944: ''La numismatique antique''. Presses universitaires de France
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*1946: ''Portraits en médaille''. Alpina, Paris.
*1963: ''Les monnaies racontent l'histoire''.
References
Bibliography
* Hélène Nicolet-Pierre, « Jean Babelon (1889-1978) » in ', 1978, (p. 7–32) (with a complete bibliography)
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External links
Jean Babelon
on data.bnf.fr
Histoire des directeurs du département des Monnaies et Médailles sur le site de la BnF
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French librarians
École Nationale des Chartes alumni
20th-century French historians
Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature)
French curators
French numismatists
Scientists from Paris
1889 births
1978 deaths