Raymond François Lantier (11 July 1886,

Lisieux Lisieux () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland. Name The name of the town derives from the ...

– 2 April 1980,

Le Vésinet Le Vésinet () is a suburban commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is a part of the affluent outer suburbs of western Paris, from the centre of Paris. In 2019, it had a population of 15,943. ...

, digitized public records of the town of Lisieux, 1886, birth certificate No. 190 and its marginal mention of death, view 50 of digitization. The father was a physician.) was a 20th-century French archaeologist.

Biography

He has researched and studied the ( Pyrénées-Orientales), Spain and Tunisia, in particular participating in the excavations of

Carthage Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the cla ...

. He was assistant curator in 1926, then Chief curator from 1933 to 1956, of the National Archaeological Museum at

Saint-Germain-en-Laye Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris. Inhabitants are called ''Saint-Germanois'' or ''Saint-Ge ...

. Meanwhile, he officiated as a professor of national and prehistoric antiquities in the

École du Louvre The École du Louvre is an institution of higher education and grande école located in the Aile de Flore of the Louvre Palace in Paris, France. It is dedicated to the study of archaeology, art history, anthropology and epigraphy. Admission is ...

. 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 ...

from 1946 until his death, Raymond Lantier was also a member of the

Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques The Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques (CTHS) (''Committee for Historic and Scientific Works'') is a French research institution created by the Minister of Public Education François Guizot on 18 July 1834 for the purpose of 'leading ...

. He was officier of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

and of the

Ordre des Palmes Académiques A suite, in Western classical music and jazz, is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral/ concert band pieces. It originated in the late 14th century as a pairing of dance tunes and grew in scope to comprise up to five dances, sometimes with ...

Selected bibliography

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References

External links

Fiche biographique sur le site du CTHS
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lantier, Raymond People from Lisieux 1886 births 1980 deaths French archaeologists Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Officiers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques 20th-century archaeologists