Gabriel Millet
Gabriel Millet | |
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Born | 17 April 1867 |
Died | 8 May 1953 Paris | (aged 86)
Occupation(s) | Archaeologist Historian |
Gabriel Millet (17 April 1867 – 8 May 1953) was a French archaeologist and historian.
Biography
After he passed his agrégation of history in 1891, Gabriel Millet became a member of the French School at Athens, then director of the École pratique des hautes études in religious sciences in 1899, and professor at the Collège de France in 1927.
A voyager, he traveled throughout Europe, Greece, Macedonia, the Balkans. He was the author of numerous books on Byzantine art. In 1930, in collaboration with Louis Bréhier, he led an archaeological mission to Mount Athos. He founded the series "Archives d'Athos" at the College de France, under the patronage of the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Academy of Athens.