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Pierre Wuilleumier

1904 – 1979

French classical scholar, ancient historian, epigrapher

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Lived 1904 – 1979 (aged 75). Pierre Wuilleumier was a French archaeologist, classical philologist, university teacher, classical scholar, epigrapher and historian of classical antiquity.

Pierre Wuilleumier (1 January 1904 – 20 November 1979) was a 20th-century French scholar, normalian, professor of Latin language and literature at the Sorbonne and archaeologist.

Biography Pierre Wuilleumier held the chair of National Antiquities in Lyon from 1933. In 1940, he was responsible for the excavations of the ancient Theatre of Fourvière on the hill of Fourvière with Amable Audin. From 1941 to 1954, he directed two constituencies of Historic Antiquities in the Lyon region. He contributed to the magazine Gallia since its creation in 1942, in which he regularly published the results of excavations on the hill of Fourvière and the Lyon region.

In 1947, he led the excavations of the so-called in Lyon.

Publications Publication and translation of Latin authors He completed the publication and translation of Latin authors in the "Collection des Universités de France" by the éditions des Belles Lettres

Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute Tacitus, Histoires, in collaboration with Henri Le Bonniec and Joseph Hellegouarc'h Tacite, Annales, in collaboration with Henri Le Bonniec and Joseph Hellegouarc'h

Archaeological publications 1939: Tarente, des origines à la conquête romaine, éd. De Boccard, Paris 1947: Le cloître de Saint-André-le-Bas à Vienne, in collaboration with J. Déniau, Jules Formigé, E.-L. Albrand, éditions Audin, Lyon, 55 p., 8 planches hors-texte 1951: Fouilles de Fourvière à Lyon, preface by Édouard Herriot, series Fouilles et monuments archéologiques en France métropolitaine, CNRS, 85 pages, 8 plans, 20 planches hors texte 1953: Lyon, métropole des Gaules, Belles Lettres, 118 p. Read online 1963: Inscriptions latines des Trois Gaules, CNRS, 256 pages, XVIIe supplément à la revue Gallia 1964: Laet Sigfried, minutes of reading published in L'antiquité classique, volume 33, fasc. 1. , 1964: Amable Audin, minutes of reading published in Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, vol. 42, n° 1.

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Education
École Normale Supérieure
Positions held
Member of the École française de Rome
Employers
University of Paris, University of Lyon, École française de Rome
Also known as
Pierre Jean Wuilleumier

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French classical scholar, ancient historian, epigrapher (1904–1979)

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Pierre Wuilleumier was born on 1 January 1904 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.

When did Pierre Wuilleumier die?

Pierre Wuilleumier died on 20 November 1979 in Colombes.

What was Pierre Wuilleumier's occupation?

Pierre Wuilleumier was an archaeologist, classical philologist, university teacher, classical scholar, epigrapher and historian of classical antiquity.

What nationality was Pierre Wuilleumier?

Pierre Wuilleumier was French.

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· Wikipedia: Pierre Wuilleumier

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