Jean Jannoray

Jean Jannoray (born December 1, 1909 in Louhans , † October 15, 1958 near Posen ) was a French classical and Roman provincial archaeologist .

Jean Jannoray studied from 1930 to 1933 at the École normal supérieure in Paris and then went to Greece for a research stay of several years as a member of the École française d'Athènes . His research focus was the archaeological sites in the Phocis landscape , especially Delphi .

In 1942 Jannoray returned to France, where he worked as a professor of ancient history at the University of Montpellier III . From 1945 he was entrusted with the supervision of the archaeological excavations in the region. He increasingly specialized in provincial Roman and Celtic archeology and made a particular contribution to researching the oppidum of Ensérune . In 1958, Jannoray moved to the Sorbonne in Paris as the successor to Jean Bérard as Professor of Ancient History .

On October 15, 1958, on the way to a conference in Poland, Jannoray suffered a car accident. He died the following night from the consequences of the accident in the hospital in Poznan .

Fonts (selection)

• Fouilles de Delphes II. Topography et architecture. Le gymnase . Paris 1953
• Ensérune. Contribution à l'étude des préromaines de la Gaule méridionale . Two volumes, Paris 1955
• with Leopold Dor , Henri van Effenterre , Micheline van Effenterre : Kirrha: Étude de préhistoire phocidienne . Paris 1960 ( online )

literature

• Hubert Gallet de Santerre: Jean Jannoray (1909-1959) . In: Gallia . Volume 17 (1959), pp. 1-3 (with picture).
• Jean Jannoray (1909-1959) . In: Revue archéologique . Born in 1960, pp. 100–103.