André Glory
André Glory (born May 14, 1906 in Courbevoie ; † July 29, 1966 at Auch ) was a French archaeologist , prehistorian and speleologist .
Glory explored prehistoric caves in the French departments of Ardèche , the Dordogne and Lot as well as in the French Pyrenees . He was considered one of the best experts on the Lascaux cave .
Life
André Glory studied Catholic theology and was founded in 1933 in Strasbourg for priests ordained.
In 1935 he became interested in caves and archeology. After he was appointed pastor of Orbey in Upper Alsace , he dug for Neolithic settlements in the region and collected materials that he used for his thesis . The Second World War took him to Toulouse , where he taught as a professor at the Catholic seminary . During this time he studied archeology and received a diploma in prehistory in 1941 . In 1942 he received his doctorate at the Institut Catholique de Toulouse with a dissertation on the Neolithic in the Haut-Rhin department .
During his vacation, he explored prehistoric caves such as Pech Merle and Gargas . Between 1949 and 1950 he discovered paleolithic cave paintings in the caves of Ebbou and Le Colombier in the municipality of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc (Ardèche) and carried out excavations in the French Pyrenees ( caves of Labastide in the municipality of the same name ). In 1958 he was appointed engineer at the Center national de la recherche scientifique .
On July 29, 1966, he and his assistant Jean-Louis Villeveygoux were killed in a traffic accident.
Fonts
- Lascaux. Versailles de la Préhistoire. Imprimerie Leymarie, Périgueux 1971.
- Les Recherches à Lascaux (1952–1963). Textes et documents (= Gallia préhistoire. Supplément. 39). Avec deux études complémentaires par Christiane Leroy-Prost and Astrid Vannoorenberghe. Recueillis, présentés et commentés par Brigitte et Gilles Delluc. CNRS, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-271-06611-4 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glory, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French archaeologist, prehistorian and speleologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Courbevoie |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1966 |
| Place of death | Also |