André Aymard (14 May 1900, Saint-Denis,

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– 11 August 1964,

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) was a French historian, specialising in

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, particularly the

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Biography

Education

André Aymard first passed the

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in history and geography in 1923. The next year he joined the Foundation Thiers. Under the influence of

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, he decided, after some hesitation, to focus his research on Ancient Greece. In 1937, after he had taught at

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, Paris and

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, he submitted his

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on ''Les Assemblées de la Confédération achaienne'' (The Assemblies of the

Achaean League The Achaean League () was a Hellenistic period, Hellenistic-era confederation of polis, Greek city-states on the northern and central Peloponnese. The league was named after the region of Achaea (ancient region), Achaea in the northwestern Pelopon ...

University Career

He was a professor at the Sorbonne from 1942 to 1964, rising to become head of the faculty of arts. In 1955, he became a professor at the

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. A friend of

Fernand Braudel Fernand Paul Achille Braudel (; 24 August 1902 – 27 November 1985) was a French historian. His scholarship focused on three main projects: ''The Mediterranean'' (1923–49, then 1949–66), ''Civilization and Capitalism'' (1955–79), and the un ...

, director of the 6th section de l'EPHE,Cf. « Nécrologie » he supervised

Pierre Lévêque Pierre Lévêque (; 11 August 1921, in Chambéry – 5 March 2004, in Paris) was a 20th-century French historian of ancient and Hellenistic Greece. Biography Training The son of an engineer, he spent his youth in the port of Bordeaux. Read ...

's doctoral thesis. He also taught

Pierre Vidal-Naquet Pierre Emmanuel Vidal-Naquet (; 23 July 193029 July 2006) was a French historian who began teaching at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in 1969. Vidal-Naquet was a specialist in the study of Ancient Greece, but was als ...

Publications

* ''Les Assemblées de la Confédération achaienne'' (The Assemblies of the Achaean League), principal thesis, 1938, université de Paris, Bordeaux, Féret, 1938 (republished: 1967) * ''Les Premiers rapports de Rome et de la Confédération achaïenne (198-189 av. JC)'' (The First Interactions of Rome and the Achaian League (198-189 BC), supplementary thesis, Bordeaux, Féret, 1938 * ''Le Royaume de Macédoine de la mort d'Alexandre à sa disparition'' (The Kingdom of Macedonia from the Death of Alexander to its dissolution), 1950 * ''Le Monde grec au temps de Philippe II de Macédoine et d'Alexandre le Grand'' (The Greek World in the Time of Philip II of Macedon & Alexander the Great), 1962 * ''Histoire générale des civilisations Tome 1. L'Orient et la Grèce antique'' (General History of Civilisations, Volume I. The East & Ancient Greece) with Jeannine Auboyer, 1963

Sources

* Fernand Braudel, �
Nécrologie d'André Aymard
», ''Annales ESC'', 1965, . * Martine François, « Aymard André », on the website of th
CTHS

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aymard, Andre French hellenists 20th-century French historians People from Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis 1900 births 1964 deaths Deans of the Faculté des lettres de Paris