Joseph-Jules Martha (8 January 1853 – 7 April 1932) was a French scholar and archaeologist.

Biography

He was the son of Benjamin-Constant Martha. He studied 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, S ...

from 1872 to 1875 and earned a docteur ès lettres. He was a member of the

École française de Rome The École française de Rome (EFR) is a French research institute for history, archaeology, and the social sciences; overseen by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and a division of the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et ...

from 1875 to 1876, and 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 ...

from 1876 to 1879. He became a

maître de conférences ''Maître'' (spelled ''Maitre'' according to post-1990 spelling rules) is a commonly used honorific for lawyers, judicial officers and notaries in France, Belgium, Switzerland and French-speaking parts of Canada. It is often written in its abbrev ...

at the faculté des lettres of Montpellier in 1879, at the faculté des lettres of Dijon in 1881, at the faculté des lettres of Lyon in 1882, at the faculté des lettres of Paris in 1884 and at the École normale supérieure He was a member of the

Société des Antiquaires de France The Société des Antiquaires de France (Society of Antiquaries of France) is a Parisian historical and archaeological society, founded in 1804 under the name of the Académie celtique (Celtic Academy). It is now based at the Louvre, in the pavil ...

Publications

*1880: ''Inscriptions doliarires latines: marques de briques relatives à une partie de la gens Domitia recueillies et classées'' *1880: ''Catalogue des figurines en terre cuite du Musée de la Société archéologique d'Athènes'' *1884
''Manuel d'archéologie étrusque et romaine'' online
*1889: ''L'Art étrusque'' *1891: ''La Fuite de Dédale, note sur une stèle étrusque à sujets mythologiques trouvée à Bologne'' *1892: ''Œuvres de Ciceron: Brutus. Texte latin. Revu et publié d'après les travaux les plus récents'' *1898: ''Pline le Jeune: Le Bonheur domestique de Pline le Jeune : Comment Pline le Jeune arrangeait sa vie : Sa Familia : Ses Sentiments religieux : Sa correspondance avec Trajan'' * ''Des Termes extrêmes des biens et des maux: Livre I et II'' *1913
''La Langue étrusque'' Listen online

External links

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on data.bnf.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:Martha, Jules 1853 births Archaeologists from Strasbourg 1932 deaths École Normale Supérieure alumni Members of the French School at Athens Academic staff of the École Normale Supérieure French epigraphers Officers of the Legion of Honour