 | ||
Books Greek and Roman Coins from the Du Chastel Collection: Coin Cabinet of the Royal Library of Belgium People also search for Georges Le Rider, Claude Sorgeloos, J. van Heesch, Raf Van Laere, Léopold Havenith | ||
Rencontre avec fran ois de callata 1
François de Callataÿ (born 1961) is a Belgian ancient historian, professor at the École pratique des hautes études (Paris/Sorbonne), who has written significant studies of coinage and finance in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Contents
- Rencontre avec fran ois de callata 1
- Rencontre avec fran ois de callata 2
- Life and career
- Awards
- Works
- References
Rencontre avec fran ois de callata 2
Life and career
Callataÿ was born in Uccle, Belgium, on 13 June 1961. He was educated at the Collège Saint-Pierre d'Uccle, and went on to study Archaeology and Art History at the Université catholique de Louvain. He went on to specialise in the study of ancient Greek money, presenting a doctoral dissertation in 1988. In 1991 he was appointed to the medals collection of the Royal Library of Belgium, becoming director of the collection in 1994. In 2006 he was appointed over-all head of the patrimonial collection of the Royal Library (including manuscripts rare books, prints, maps, coins, medals and music).
In 1995 and 2003 he was visiting professor of the Summer Seminar of the American Numismatic Society. Since 1998 he has lectured once a week at the École pratique des hautes études (Paris/Sorbonne). He is a member of the Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium.