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

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) – 4 January 1975, idem) was a 20th-century French archaeologist and specialist of archaic Greek art. He was elected a member of the

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

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Pierre de La Coste-Messelière
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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 Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Members of the French School at Athens 20th-century French archaeologists