See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS See also:

• FRANCOIS LENORMANT (1837–1883)

LENORMANT (1837–1883)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French Assyriologist and archaeologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 17th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1837 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• LENORMANT, FRANCOIS (1837–1883)

Lenormant, distinguished as an archaeologist, numismatist and Egyptologist, was anxious that his son should follow in his steps . He made him begin See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of six, and the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child responded so well to this precocious See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme of instruction, that when he was only fourteen an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay of his, on the Greek tablets found at See also:

• MEMPHIS

Memphis, appeared in the Revue archeologique . In ' 1856 he won the numismatic See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize of the Academie See also:

• DES

des See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

Inscriptions with an essay entitled See also:

• CLASSIFICATION (Lat. classis, a class, probably from the root cal-, cla-, as in Gr. icaMce, clamor)

Classification des vtonnaiesdes Lagides . In 1862 he became sub-librarian of the See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute . In 1859 he accompanied his father on a See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey of exploration to See also:

• GREECE

Greece, during which Charles Lenormant succumbed to See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens (24th See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November) . Lenormant returned to Greece three times during the next six years, and gave up all the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he could spare from his See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

• WORK

work to archaeological See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research . These peaceful labours were rudely interrupted by the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of 1870, when Lenormant served with the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army and was wounded in the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of Paris . In 1874 he was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• ARCHAEOLOGY (from Gr. &pxa1a, ancient things, and Xoyos, theory or science)

archaeology at the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Library, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year he collaborated with See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron de See also:

• WITTE, SERGE JULIEVICH, COUNT (1849— )

Witte in See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding the See also:

• GAZETTE

Gazette archeologique . As See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1867 he had turned his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to See also:

• ASSYRIAN

Assyrian studies; he was among the first to recognize in the See also:

• CUNEIFORM (from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

cuneiform inscriptions the existence of a non-Semitic See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, now known as.Accadian . Lenormant's knowledge was of encyclopaedic extent, ranging over an immense number of subjects, and at the same time thorough, though somewhat lacking perhaps in the. strict accuracy of the See also:

• MODERN

modern school . Most of his varied studies were directed towards tracing the origins of the two See also:

• GREAT

great civilizations of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• WORLD

world, which were to be sought in See also:

• MESOPOTAMIA (Mevoaora)

Mesopotamia and on the shores of the Mediterranean .

He had a perfect See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion for exploration . Besides his early expeditions to Greece, he visited the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy three times with this See also:

• OBJECT

object, and it was while exploring in See also:

• CALABRIA

Calabria 'that. he met with an See also:

• ACCIDENT
• ACCIDENT (from Lat. accidere, to happen)

accident which ended fatally in Paris on the 9th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1883, after a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long illness . The amount and variety of Lenormant's work is truly amazing when it is remembered that he died at the early age of See also:

• FORTY

forty-six . Probably the best known of his books are See also:

• LES

Les Origines de l'histoire d'apres la See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, and his ancient See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East and See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of Chaldean magic . For breadth of view, combined with extraordinary subtlety of See also:

• INTUITION (from Lat. intueri, to look at)

intuition, he was probably unrivalled .