Victor Guérin

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Victor Guérin
BornSeptember 15, 1821
Paris
DiedSeptember 21, 1891 (1891-09-22) (aged 70)
Paris

Victor Guérin (French pronunciation:

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Biography

Victor Guérin, a devout Catholic, graduated from the École normale supérieure in Paris in 1840. After graduation, he began working as a teacher of

French School of Athens.[1] While exploring Samos, he identified the spring that feeds the Tunnel of Eupalinos and the beginnings of the channel. His doctoral thesis of 1856 dealt with the coastal region of Palestine, from Khan Yunis to Mount Carmel
.

Guerin died on 21 September 1891 in Paris.[2][3]

Academic and archaeology career

He was a professor of foreign literature in

Légion d'honneur
from 1866.

With the financial backing of Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes he explored Greece, the Greek Islands, Asia Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Tunisia, and the Levant. He published many unknown Punic and Roman inscriptions from Tunisia, as well as a detailed map of the country.[2]

Picturesque Palestine

Guérin visited the Holy Land eight times in 1852, 1854, 1863, 1870, 1875, 1882, 1884, and 1888.[4] He won a French Academy of Sciences prize for his 7-volume Geographical, Historical, and Archaeological Description of Palestine. Much of Guérin's work describes ruins (khirbas) in places he visited.

Published works

Mishna and Talmud, as well as Jewish travelers such as Benjamin of Tudela and Isaac Chelo
. Guérin designed large scale maps to accompany the books, printed separately.

References

  1. ^ "Mission Scientifique en Palestine. Rapports envoyes a leurs Exc. le ministre d'etat et M. le ministre de 'instruction publique. | Folios". Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  2. ^ a b Rey, E (1893). "Notice nécrologique de M. Victor Guérin". Bulletin de la Société Nationale des Antiquaires de France: 53–56.
  3. ^ Mowat, R (1890). "Paroles prononcées sur la tombe de Victor Guérin". Bulletin de la Société Nationale des Antiquaires de France (in French): 298–299.
  4. . Retrieved 2011-03-30.