About Pierre de La Coste-Messelière
Lived 1894 – 1975 (aged 80). Pierre de La Coste-Messelière was a French archaeologist.
Pierre René Marie Fernand Médéric François Frotier de La Coste-Messelière (3 March 1894, Saint-Génard (Deux-Sèvres) – 4 January 1975, idem ) was a 20th-century French archaeologist and specialist of archaic Greek art.
He was elected a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in 1944 and also was a member of the French School of Athens.
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Who was Pierre de La Coste-Messelière?
French archaeologist (1894-1975)
When was Pierre de La Coste-Messelière born?
Pierre de La Coste-Messelière was born on 3 March 1894 in Saint-Génard.
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Pierre de La Coste-Messelière died on 4 January 1975 in Saint-Génard.
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Pierre de La Coste-Messelière was an archaeologist.
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Pierre de La Coste-Messelière was French.
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