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Jean Bayet

French Latinist (1892-1969) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 77

Jean Bayet was a French Latinist. A Professor of Latin Language and Literature at the Sorbonne, he was Director-General of Education in 1944 and Director of the École française de Rome from 1952 to 1960. In 1948 he was elected a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.

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Marcelin Guérin Prize1933

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A specialist of Latin literature and Religion in ancient Rome, Jean Bayet, through his works and the theses he directed, played a decisive role in the development of a French school of history of the Roman religion, particularly active in the second half of the twentieth century.

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France
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1969 · aged 77