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Gaston Maspero

1846 - 1916

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Sir Gaston Camille Charles Maspero (23 June 1846 – 30 June 1916) was a French Egyptologist and director general of excavations and antiquities for the Egyptian government. Widely regarded as the foremost Egyptologist of his generation, he began his career teaching Egyptian language in Paris becoming a professor at the Collège de France. In 1880, he led an archaeological mission to Egypt, which later became the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale. In 1881, Maspero's investigation led to the discovery of a hidden tomb near Dayr al-Baḥrī, containing 40 mummies, including pharaohs Seti I, Amenhotep I, Thutmose III, and Ramses II. His study of these findings was published in Les Momies royales de Deir-el-Bahari (1889). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaston Maspero is the 78th most popular historian (down from 67th in 2019), the 1,128th most popular biography from France (down from 975th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Historian.

Gaston Maspero was a French archaeologist who was in charge of the Egyptian Antiquities Service. He is most famous for his discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, which was found in 1922.

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Among historians, Gaston Maspero ranks 78 out of 561. Before him are Geoffrey of Villehardouin, Ephorus, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Henri Pirenne, Al-Dhahabi, and Eutropius. After him are Kenneth Clark, Nicolaus of Damascus, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., George Ostrogorsky, Carlo Ginzburg, and Julius Wellhausen.

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Among people born in 1846, Gaston Maspero ranks 15. Before him are Edmondo De Amicis, Wladimir Köppen, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, and Edward Charles Pickering. After him are Émile Gallé, Eusebi Güell, Nectarios of Aegina, Anna Dostoevskaya, Tokugawa Iemochi, and Karl von Bülow. Among people deceased in 1916, Gaston Maspero ranks 37. Before him are Vilhelm Hammershøi, Elisabeth of Wied, Percival Lowell, Nedeljko Čabrinović, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, and Rubén Darío. After him are Victoriano Huerta, Jean Webster, Gérard Encausse, Hugo Münsterberg, Julius Fučík, and Pierre Duhem.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gaston Maspero ranks 1,128 out of 6,770. Before him are Raymond of Poitiers (1115), Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756), Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895), Vincent d'Indy (1851), Jean Giraudoux (1882), and Charibert II (618). After him are Sonia Rykiel (1930), François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577), Louis Malle (1932), Jean Vigo (1905), Christophe Plantin (1520), and Jean-Pierre Papin (1963).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Gaston Maspero ranks 11. Before him are Hippolyte Taine (1828), Jacques Le Goff (1924), Lucien Febvre (1878), François Guizot (1787), Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), and Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150). After him are Georges Duby (1919), Emmanuel Todd (1951), Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), René Grousset (1885), Pierre Nora (1931), and Guibert of Nogent (1055).

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