About Élie Berger
Lived 1850 – 1925 (aged 74). Élie Berger was a French palaeographer and archivist.
Élie Berger (1850 in Beaucourt – 1925 in Paris) was a French palaeographer and archivist.
Graduated an archivist and palaeographer of the École Nationale des Chartes in 1876, Élie Berger was first a member of the École française de Rome from 1876 to 1880, then a custodian at the Archives nationales of France from 1880 to 1897, when he was elected to the chair of palaeography of the École des Chartes. A Docteur ès lettres in 1895, he was elected a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1905.
He was the brother of Philippe Berger and Paul Berger.
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Who was Élie Berger?
French archivist and palaeographer (1850-1925)
When was Élie Berger born?
Élie Berger was born on 12 August 1850 in Beaucourt.
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Élie Berger died on 3 April 1925 in 4th arrondissement of Paris, Paris.
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Élie Berger was a palaeographer and archivist.
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Élie Berger was French.
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