Cécile Morrisson

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Cécile Morrisson
Born16 June 1940 (1940-06-16) (age 83)
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole normale supérieure (Paris) (ENS-Ulm)
Occupation(s)Historian and numismatist

Cécile Morrisson (born 16 June 1940) is a French historian and

French National Center for Scientific Research and specializes in the study of the Byzantine Empire
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Biography

Cécile Morrisson was born on 16 June 1940 in Dinan, France.[1] She studied at the École normale supérieure,[2] earned her Agrégation in history and obtained her doctorate in history at École normale supérieure (Paris) (ENS-Ulm).[1][3]

She was director of the department of coins, medals and antiquities of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.[4] She is Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS and Advisor for Byzantine Numismatics at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.[1]

Distinctions

  • Knight of the Legion of Honour[1]
  • Knight of the National Order of Merit[1]
  • Knight of the Academic Palms[1]

Morrisson is a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres since December 11, 2015.[1] She was awarded the Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society in 1994, and the British Academy's Derek Allen Prize for numismatics in 1999.

Publications

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Morrisson Cécile". Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  2. ^ "L'annuaire Cécile Morrisson". Association des anciens élèves. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Cécile Morrisson". PUF. 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Séance en l'honneur de Madame Cécile Morrisson". Société française de numismatique. 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2018.