Georges Radet

Georges-Albert Radet (1859–1941) was a French epigrapher, archaeologist and historian. He was born in Chesley on 28 November 1859, and died at Saint-Morillon on 9 July 1941.

Life After studying at the École normale supérieure, Radet passed the agrégation in 1884 and joined the French School of Athens in the same year. Specialising in Asia, he travelled the continent on numerous occasions and in 1892 defended his doctoral thesis titled "La Lydie et le monde grec au temps de Mermnades, 687-546" [Lydia and the Greek world at the time of Mermnades, 687-546].

Between 1888 and 1934, he taught at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Bordeaux, and was dean of the faculty from 1899 to 1919. He was awarded the Prix Kastner-Boursault in 1902. He was a corresponding member of the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres in 1904, and elected as a free member on 13 November 1925. He was co-founder of the School of Hispanic Studies and the Casa de Velázquez.

Publications La Lydie et le monde grec au temps des Mermnades (687-546) (« Bibliothèque des Écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome », 63), Paris, Thorin, 1893. L'histoire et l’œuvre de l'École française d'Athènes, Paris, A. Fontemoing, 1901, prix Kastner-Boursault de l’Académie française en 1902 Notes critiques sur l'histoire d'Alexandre, Bordeaux, Féret & fils, 1925-1927, 86 p. (en ligne [archive]).