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Louis Jalabert

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Died
  
12 August 1943, Nice, France

Reverent father Louis Jalabert (30 March 1877, Lyon – 12 August 1943, Nice) was a French archaeologist and epigrapher.

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Biography

A novice of the Society of Jesus (1895), he took a BA in 1899 and went to teach in Beirut. He was thus a professor at the collège Saint-Joseph (1901–1907) then at the Faculté orientale of Beirut (1911–1914).

On his return to France in 1914, he became the editor of the magazine Études. In 1923 he was elected a member of the Académie des sciences d'outre-mer from its foundation

In 1935 his work Syrie et Liban was awarded the "Prix Bordin" of the Académie française

In 1936, he was made a recipient of the Legion of Honour.

Some works

  • 1906: Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie, Mélanges de la Faculté orientale I, Beyrouth.
  • Inscriptions grecques et latines de Syrie, Syria n°1, (p. 132–188)
  • 1921: Le film corrupteur.
  • 1922: Dictionnaire apologétique de la foi catholique, with father René Mouterde.
  • 1929 and 1939: Recueil des inscriptions grecques et latines de Syrie, with father R. Mouterde.
  • 1934: Syrie et Liban. Réussite française ?

    • References

    Louis Jalabert Wikipedia
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