Yvon Garlan | |
Birth Date: | 16 July 1933 |
Nationality: | French |
Occupation: | Historian, professor |
Education: | École normale supérieure |
Yvon Garlan (16 July 1933 – 8 July 2022) was a French historian and academic.[1] He specialized in classical antiquity.
Born in 1933, Garlan studied at the École normale supérieure[2] and earned an agrégation in history.[3] A specialist in the Hellenistic period, he was a professor at Rennes 2 University. His research led to the expansion of knowledge on Ancient Greek slavery, the Greek wars, and the . His studies on the stamp systems of Thasos, Sinope, and Heraclea Pontica were highly notable.
In February 1979, Garlan was one of 34 signatories of a declaration written by Léon Poliakov Pierre Vidal-Naquet to dismantle the historical negationism of Robert Faurisson.[4] In 1991, he became a correspondent of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.[5]
Yvon Garlan died on 8 July 2022 at the age of 88.[6]