Jean Marcadé (27 April 1920 – 28 December 2012Décès de l’universitaire Jean Marcadé
/ Diane Elguer, Connaissance des Arts) was a French hellenist historian. He was a member of the

Institut de France The (; ) is a French learned society, grouping five , including the Académie Française. It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention. Located on the Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the institute m ...

Biography

A student at the

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(1939), Jean Marcadé was agrégé of classical letters then 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 ...

(1946–1950 and 1951–1953).Site de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
/ref> He began his career at the Faculty of Arts 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 ...

, where he was a lecturer and then, having defended his thesis in 1969, professor of classical archeology and history of antique art (1953–1978). He also headed a research center until 1989. From 1971, however, he led a seminar at the université Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, where he was finally elected a professor of classical archeology (1978). He was elected a corresponding member of the

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in 1978 then full member on 25 February 1983 at

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's seat and presided the Académie in 1994.

References

External links

In memoriam Jean Marcadé (1920-2012)

Journée d’hommage à Jean Marcadé

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marcade, Jean People from Libourne 1920 births 2012 deaths École Normale Supérieure alumni 20th-century French historians French hellenists Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Members of the French School at Athens Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Commanders of the Ordre national du Mérite Commandeurs of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres French expatriates in Greece