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Full Name Émile Louis Marie Chatelain Born 25 February 1883 Paris Occupation HistorianArchaeologist Died 6 October 1950, Paris, France People also search for Émile Chatelain, René Galichet, Georges Galichet | ||
Louis Chatelain (23 February 1883 – 6 October 1950) was a 20th-century French historian, archaeologist and university professor. The son of Émile Chatelain, philologist and Latinist, he particularly worked on the excavation sites of Orange, Maktar (Tunisia) and Volubilis (Morocco).
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Besides his work on Orange and Makthar, most of its activity focused on Morocco's classical archeology in general and in particular Volubilis.
During World War II, after being wounded, he was assigned to Volubilis where he had the site cleared by German prisoners of war and French soldiers.
In 1918, he was appointed director of the department of antiquities of Morocco. He played a role in the creation of the Rabat Archaeological Museum in 1928. A teacher in Morocco until 1941, he was later appointed to Rennes. In 1943, he supported a thesis entitled Le Maroc des Romains.
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In addition to numerous articles: