Jean-François Jarrige
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Jean-François Jarrige (5 August 1940,
Biography
Jean-François Marie Charles Jarrige was born on 5 August 1940 in Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. He studied at the École du Louvre where he was classmates with future-French president Jacques Chirac.[3]
Jarrige was a specialist in Asian archeology, particularly
Jarrige was the director of the Musée Guimet from 1986 until 2004, when he was made museum president. He directed a major overhaul of the museum's collection in 2000–2001, reorganizing according to place and time period.[3] As part of his role with the museum, he was also the curator general of special expositions, such as the “Afghanistan: A Thousand Year-Old History” (Barcelona-Paris-Houston, 2001–2002) and "Afghanistan: Treasures Found in the Kabul Museum ”(December 2006 - April 2007) which featured finds from the Tillya Tepe site. He retired from the position in 2008.
His wife Catherine was also an archaeologist who worked with him on several sites. The couple had two daughters.[4] Jarrige died 18 November 2014 in Paris following a long battle with stomach cancer.[3]
Honors and awards
- Commander of the Legion of Honour
Commander of the Ordre national du Mérite
Officer of the Ordre des Palmes académiques
Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon- Order of Pakistan
Works
- 1990 - La Préhistoire et la civilisation de l'Indus (editor)
- 1993 - The Early architectural traditions of the greater Indus Valley as seen from Mehrgarh, Balochistan, Pakistan
- 1995 - Du néolithique à la civilisation de l'Inde ancienne: contribution des recherches archéologiques dans le nord-ouest du sous-continent indo-pakistanais
See also
Notes
- ^ Didier, Aurore; Quivron, Gonzague (2015). "Jean-François Jarrige". Paléorient (in French). 41 (1): 5–8. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Catalogue SUDOC". www.sudoc.abes.fr. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ a b c de Rochebouët, Béatrice; Biétry-Rivierre, Eric (18 November 2014). "Musée Guimet : décès de Jean-François Jarrige". LEFIGARO (in French). Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ Curriculum vitae Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Biography Archived 2006-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.aibl.fr/fr/membres/academ/jarrige.html
- Pictures of Jean-François Jarrige during Gupta exhibition in Paris
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