Georges Daux
French art historian, archaeologist and classical philologist
About Georges Daux
Lived 1899 – 1988 (aged 89). Georges Daux was a French epigrapher, classical philologist, classical archaeologist, archaeologist and university teacher.
Georges Daux (21 September 1899 – 23 December 1988) was a French archaeologist and a leading scholar of Greek inscriptions.
Born in Bastia and educated at the École normale supérieure, Daux headed the French School at Athens from 1950 to 1969.
He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1953, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1971, and to the British Academy in 1975.
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French art historian, archaeologist and classical philologist (1899-1988)
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Georges Daux was born on 21 September 1899 in Bastia.
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Georges Daux died on 23 December 1988 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
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Georges Daux was an epigrapher, classical philologist, classical archaeologist, archaeologist and university teacher.
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