ARCHAEOLOGIST

Jean-François Séguier

1703 - 1784

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Jean-François Séguier (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa segje]; 25 November 1703 – 1 September 1784) was a French archaeologist, epigraphist, astronomer and botanist from Nîmes. He studied law in Montpellier, during which time, he developed a passion for botany. He was a friend and collaborator to Scipio Maffei, with whom he took an extended scientific tour throughout Europe (1732–36). In 1755 he became a member of the Académie de Nîmes, serving as its secrétaire perpétuel from 1765 to 1784. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-François Séguier is the 82nd most popular archaeologist (up from 94th in 2019), the 3,941st most popular biography from France (up from 4,287th in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Jean-François Séguier ranks 82 out of 151. Before him are Victor Loret, Margaret Murray, Dorothy Garrod, Halet Çambel, Charles W. Gilmore, and William F. Albright. After him are Joseph Orbeli, Hugo Winckler, Edward Robinson, Kathleen Kenyon, Ernst Herzfeld, and Pierre Montet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1703, Jean-François Séguier ranks 13. Before him are Jonathan Edwards, Anton Wilhelm Amo, Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Aleksei Chirikov, and Johann Gottlieb Graun. After him are Vasily Trediakovsky, Mary Toft, Jack Broughton, and Kashibai. Among people deceased in 1784, Jean-François Séguier ranks 14. Before him are Torbern Bergman, Otto Friedrich Müller, César-François Cassini de Thury, Anders Johan Lexell, Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, and Abraham Trembley. After him are Allan Ramsay, and Caesar Rodney.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-François Séguier ranks 3,941 out of 6,770. Before him are Eugène Devéria (1805), Jacqueline de Romilly (1913), André Lerond (1930), Henri Lebasque (1865), Eugène Flachat (1802), and Robert, Count of Mortain (1031). After him are René Guillot (1900), Maxime Bossis (1955), Henry Bataille (1872), Philippe Sarde (1948), Bernard Pivot (1935), and Jacques Soustelle (1912).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In France

Among archaeologists born in France, Jean-François Séguier ranks 12. Before him are Henri Breuil (1877), Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788), André Parrot (1901), Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821), François Bordes (1919), and Victor Loret (1859). After him are Pierre Montet (1885), Christiane Desroches Noblecourt (1913), Paul Rivet (1876), Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac (1778), and Désiré Charnay (1828).

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