Jules Toutain Explained

Jules Toutain
Birth Date:20 November 1865
Birth Place:Vincennes, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Nationality:French
Education:Archaeology
Alma Mater:École Normale Supérieure
Occupation:Academic

Jules François Toutain (20 November 1865, Vincennes – 18 January 1961, Paris)[1] was a French archeologist.

The son of the professor Henri Toutain, he studied at the Lycée Charlemagne before entering the École Normale Supérieure in 1885.[2]

A professor at the École Normale Supérieure, Toutain was president of the Academy of Sciences in Semur and director of excavations in Alésia until 1958.[3] [4] [5] [6] In addition to the excavations at Alésia, his research was on the history of Roman Africa, in particular on the area of modern-day Tunisia, and on the history of religions in the Roman Empire, in which he opposed the theories of Franz Cumont.

Toutain died at the age of 95, in his apartment on the Rue du Four in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.

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References

  1. Revue archéologique, Ernest Leroux, 1962
  2. Henri Temerson, Biographies des principales personnalités françaises décédées au cours de l'année, Hachette, 1962
  3. http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=100820 Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques
  4. http://www.galaxidion.com/home/catalogues.php?LIB=morant&CAT=48015 Galaxidion, marché du livre ancien ou épuisé
  5. Web site: Société des Sciences historiques et naturelles de Semur-en-Auxois . August 5, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140420035217/http://socscisem.azurline.com/presentation.html . April 20, 2014 . dead .
  6. http://rhe.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/?q=nhist-historiens-list&detenteur=Toutain Les historiens français : la construction d’une discipline académique (1800–2005)

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