Pierre René Marie Fernand Médéric François Frotier de La Coste-Messelière (3 March 1894, Saint-Génard (

Deux-Sèvres Deux-Sèvres () is a French department. ''Deux-Sèvres'' literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department. It had a population of 374,878 in 2019.

) – 4 January 1975, idem, digitalized état-civil of the city of Saint-Génard, 1883-1902 births, act n° 4 of the year 1894.) was a 20th-century French archaeologist and specialist of archaic Greek art. He was elected a member of the

Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigr ...

in 1944 and also was a member of the French School of Athens.

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Pierre de La Coste-Messelière
on data.bnf.fr
Pierre de La Coste-Messelière's Bibliography

La Coste-Messelière, Pierre de (1894-1975)
{{DEFAULTSORT:La Coste-Messeliere, Pierre 1894 births People from Deux-Sèvres 1975 deaths French archaeologists Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Members of the French School at Athens 20th-century archaeologists