Pascal-François-Joseph Gossellin
Pascal-François-Joseph Gossellin (born December 6, 1751 in Lille , † February 7, 1830 in Paris ) was a French archaeologist .
Life
Gosselin has made a particular contribution to the ancient geography. He made scientific journeys through a large part of Europe in 1772–74 and 1780 to lighten up dark areas of the Roman road network and then settled in Paris .
In 1784 he was elected deputy at the Conseil royal de commerce , in 1789 he was elected to the national assembly and at the same time a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres . In 1794 he was appointed to the Ministry of War by the Welfare Committee and entrusted with geographical work, and in 1799 appointed co-overseer of the cabinet of medals in Paris, which he retained under the Empire and the Restoration. In 1808 he was elected a foreign member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .
His research in the field of ancient geography is, in addition to numerous individual papers and treatises, recorded in his two main works: Geographie des Grecs analysée (1790) and Recherches sur la geographie des anciens (1798–1813).
Works
- Catalog des médailles antiques et modern, principalement des inédites et des rares, en or, argent, bronze, etc., du cabinet de M. d'Ennery. Avec Charles Philippe Campion de Tersan, 1788
- Géographie des Grecs analysée, ou les systêmes d'Eratosthenes, de Strabon et de Ptolémée comparés entre eux et avec nos connoissances modern. 1790 ( online at Gallica )
- Research on the geographie systématique et positive des anciens pour servir de base à l'histoire de la geographie ancienne. 2 volumes, 1813
- De l'Evaluation et de l'Emploi des mesures itinéraires grecques et romaines. 1813
- Atlas ou recueil de cartes geographiques. 1814
- Recherches sur le principe, les bases et l'évaluation des différents systèmes métriques linéaires de l'antiquité. 1819
literature
- Louis Quarré-Reybourbon: Gossellin, geographe lillois. L. Quarré, Lille 1887, gallica.bnf.fr (PDF)
- Joseph-Marie Quérard : La France littéraire ou dictionnaire bibliographique. Firmin Didot frères, libraires, 1838, Volume 3, p. 414, Wikisource
Web links
- Literature by and about Pascal-François-Joseph Gossellin in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 95.
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SURNAME | Gossellin, Pascal-François-Joseph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French archaeologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1751 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lille |
DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1830 |
Place of death | Paris |