Reverent father Louis Jalabert (30 March 1877,
Lyon – 12 August 1943,
Nice) was a French archaeologist and epigrapher.
Biography
A novice of the
Society of Jesus (1895), he took a BA in 1899 and went to teach in
Beirut. He was thus a professor at the
Collège Saint Joseph
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(1901–1907) then at the Faculté orientale of Beirut (1911–1914).
On his return to France in 1914, he became the editor of the magazine '. In 1923 he was elected a member of the
Académie des sciences d'outre-mer
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In 1935, his work ''Syrie et Liban'' was awarded the
Prix Bordin of the
Académie française
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In 1936, he was made a recipient of the Legion of Honour.
Some works
*1906: ''Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie'', ''Mélanges de la Faculté orientale'' I, Beyrouth.
* ''Inscriptions grecques et latines de Syrie'', ''Syria'' n°1, (p. 132–188)
*1921
''Le film corrupteur''
*1922: ''Dictionnaire apologétique de la foi catholique'', with father René Mouterde.
*1929 and 1939: ''Recueil des inscriptions grecques et latines de Syrie'', with father R. Mouterde.
*1934: ''Syrie et Liban. Réussite française ?''
Bibliography
* Charles E. O'Neill, Joaquín María Domínguez, ''Diccionario histórico de la Compañía de Jesús'', 2001, p. 2122
Read online
* Eve Gran-Aymerich, ''Les chercheurs de passé'', Éditions du CNRS, 2007, (p. 891–892)
* Claude Brunet, ''Des formes et des mots chez les Anciens'', 2008, (p. 281)
References
External links
Louis Jalabert
on data.bnf.fr
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Archaeologists from Lyon
French epigraphers
19th-century French Jesuits
20th-century French Jesuits
Recipients of the Legion of Honour
1877 births
1943 deaths