Léon Heuzey
Léon Alexandre Heuzey (born December 1, 1831 in Rouen , † February 8, 1922 in Paris ) was a French archaeologist .
Léon Heuzey was head of the Oriental Antiquities and Antique Ceramics Department at the Louvre in Paris . In the summer of 1878 he was made aware of his findings by the French consul in Iraq Ernest de Sarzec , who was leading excavations in Tello (h) ( Girsu ) at the time. Thereupon he began to direct the excavations himself and realized how important these finds were for Assyriology .
As early as 1861, under the direction of Heuzey, the excavation began in the Macedonian city of Aigai (today Vergina), which continues to this day. He became a professor at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris and at the École du Louvre . From 1900 to 1915 he was a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . In 1915 he ended his membership in the academy like many other French members because of the " appeal to the world of culture ".
Fonts
- with Honoré Daumet : Mission archéologique de Macédoine. Paris 1876
- Les figurines antiques de terre cuite du Musée du Louvre gravée par Achille Jacquet. , Paris 1883
- The origines orientales de l'art. Recueil de mémoires archéologiques et de monuments figurés. Paris 1891-1915
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Heuzey, Léon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heuzey, Léon Alexandre (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rouen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1922 |
| Place of death | Paris |