Jean-Jacques Barthélemy

Jean-Jacques Barthélemy

(1716/1795)

A clergyman, archaeologist, numismatist, and man of letters, he was Keeper of the Cabinet of Medals at the King's Library. He was a member of the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres and the French Academy. He was the author of *The Voyage of Young Anacharsis in Greece*.

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Joseph Baye (of)

Joseph Baye (of)

(1853/1931)

An archaeologist and anthropologist, he traveled tirelessly in Russia, bringing back numerous studies. He was one of the first to collect documents from the Bolshevik Revolution. Many of his objects have joined museum collections (the Louvre, the Guimet, the Natural History Museum).

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Alfred Bel

(1873/1945)

Director of the Madrasa of Tlemcen, in Algeria, from 1905 to 1935, author of numerous works on folklore, history, religion and Maghreb sociology.

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Arcisse Caumont (of)

Arcisse Caumont (of)

(1802/1873)

Archaeologist, founder of the Linnean Society of Normandy, the Society of Antiquaries of Normandy (1824) and the French Archaeological Society (1832).

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