Nicolas Grimal
Nicolas Grimal (also Nicolas-Christophe Grimal or rarely Nicholas Grimal) (born November 13, 1948 in Libourne , Gironde ) is a French Egyptologist .
Nicolas Grimal, son of the classical philologist Pierre Grimal , studied classical studies up to agrégation . He then continued studying Egyptology at the École pratique des hautes études . From 1973 to 1977 he was an assistant at the Egyptology Chair at the Sorbonne , where he also received his doctorate in 1977 under Jean Leclant . From 1977 to 1981 he worked for the Institut français d'archéologie orientale in Cairo . From 1981 to 1988 he taught at the University of Montpellier , in 1984 he received his habilitation. From 1988 to 2000 he was professor of Egyptology at the Sorbonne, and from 1989 to 1999 director of the Institut français d'archéologie orientale in Cairo. Since 2000 he has held the professorship for Egyptology at the Collège de France .
From 1990 to 2005 he directed the French research in the Temple of Karnak .
He has been a corresponding member since 2001 and a full member since 2006 of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres . Since 2008 he has also been a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences .
Web links
- Homepage at the College de France
- Nicolas Grimal at the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
- Literature by and about Nicolas Grimal in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nicholas is used sporadically in secondary literature, which suggests a propagating citation error
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| SURNAME | Grimal, Nicolas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grimal, Nicolas Christophe (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Egyptologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Libourne |