Auguste Mariette

French archaeologist and egyptologist (1821-1881) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 59

François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette was a French scholar, archaeologist and Egyptologist, and the founder of the Egyptian Department of Antiquities, the forerunner of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

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Auguste Mariette (seated, far left) and Emperor Pedro II of Brazil (seated, far right) with others during the monarch's visit to the Giza Necropolis at the end of 1871.

A statue of Auguste Mariette in his home city of Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Awards

Grand Prix de la Société de Géographie1876

Knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus

Order of the Red Eagle 2nd Class

Commander of the Legion of Honour

Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy

Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Franz Josef I

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France

Academics from France 6

Émile Benveniste54.8 of 100

René Thom54.7 of 100

Émile Borel54.8 of 100

Gabriel Bonnot de Mably54.7 of 100

Étienne Balibar54.9 of 100

André Comte-Sponville50.5 of 100