Louis Joseph Delaporte Explained

Louis Joseph Delaporte, often known as Louis Delaporte (22 October 1874 - February 1944) was a French archaeologist and Hittitologist.^[1]

Louis Delaporte was born in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët. He died in prison in Silesia in February 1944.^[1]

Works

• Mesopotamia : the Babylonian and Assyrian civilization. Translated by V. Gordon Childe. 1925.
• Les Hittites (Paris: Renaissance du Livre, 1936).

Notes and References

1. René Dussaud, Nécrologie: Louis Delaporte, Syria, Vol. 24 (1944), p.287-9