Albert Grenier

Albert Grenier (born April 22, 1878 in Paris , † June 23, 1961 ibid) was a French historian, religious scholar and Roman provincial archaeologist . He specialized in the history of ancient Rome and the Celts , especially the Gauls .

Grenier studied at the École pratique des hautes études until 1904 and was a member of the École française de Rome from 1904 to 1907 . In 1912 he received his doctorate. From 1918 to 1936 he was Professor of Provincial Roman Archeology at the University of Strasbourg . In 1936 he became a professor at the Collège de France , from 1947 to 1952 he was director of the École française de Rome.

After the death of Joseph Déchelette , he continued his manual of the prehistoric archeology of the Celts and Gallo-Romans ( Manuel d'Archeologie Prehistorique, Celtique et Gallo-Romaine ). For the religious history series Mana he wrote the article on the religions of the Etruscans and Romans.

In 1942 he was elected a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres . In 1943 he founded Gallia magazine and he was there from 1947 to 1952.

Publications (selection)

• Les Gaulois (= Collection Payot. 31, ISSN  1776-677X ). Payot & Cie, Paris 1923.
• Le Génie romain dans la religion, la pensée et l'art (= L'Évolution de l'humanité . 17, ISSN  0755-1843 = L'évolution de l'Humanité. Section 1, 4: Le Monde Antique. Rome et la Civilization Romaine. 2). Avant-propos de Henri Berr. La Renaissance du Livre, Paris 1925.
• Quatre villes romaines de Rhénanie. Trèves, Mayence, Bonn, Cologne. A. Picard, Paris 1923.
• Manuel d'archéologie gallo-romaine. 4 volumes (in 7). A. Picard, Paris 1931-1960.
• La Gaule, Province Romaine (= Connais ton Pays. 3, ZDB -ID 1210685-9 ). Didier, Toulouse 1946.
• Les Religions Étrusque et Romaine (= Mana. Introduction à l'histoire des religions . Vol. 2: Les religions de l'Europe ancienne. Part 3). Presses Universitaires de France, Paris 1948.

Web links

• Works by and about Albert Grenier in the catalog of the SUB Göttingen