Camille Jullian (15 March 1859 – 12 December 1933) was a French

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ...

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

and historian of literature. A Professor of ancient history and classics at the

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from 1891, Jullian was awarded a chair at the

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in 1905, where he taught national antiquities until 1930. He was made Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1926, and was elected to the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

in 1924. Jullian is the author of a monumental ''Histoire de la Gaule'', published in eight volumes between 1907 and 1928, which has influenced Celtic studies throughout the 20th century.

Biography

Camille Louis Jullian was born on 15 March 1859 in

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, the son of Camille Jullian, a merchant and banker, and Marie Rouvière. Jullian came from a

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

family of farmers originally from Calvisson,

Gard Gard () is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie. It had a population of 748,437 as of 2019;École Normale Supérieure École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by Secondary education in France, secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing i ...

, where he earned an

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in history and geography in 1880. Jullian was a member of the

École française de Rome The École française de Rome (EFR) is a French research institute for history, archaeology, and the social sciences; overseen by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and a division of the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et ...

between 1880 and 1882. He became Doctor in Literature in March 1884. Jullian taught ancient history and classics at the

between 1883 and 1905, becoming Professor in 1891, then was elected to the

in 1905, where he taught national antiquities until 1930. Jullian became a member of the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the . The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigraphy) and historical literature (see Belles-lettres). History ...

in 1908, was made Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1926, and was elected to the

Académie Française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

in 1924.Jullian was involved with the controversy over the archaeological findings at Glozel in France; he was among those who believed the artefacts recovered were forgeries. He died on 12 December 1933 in the

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. His body is interred at the Protestant cemetery in Bordeaux.

Personal life

Jullian was a

. He held liberal and

patriotic Patriotism is the feeling of love, devotion, and a sense of attachment to one's country or state. This attachment can be a combination of different feelings for things such as the language of one's homeland, and its ethnic, cultural, politic ...

views. In April 1890, Jullian married Jeanne Azam, the daughter of Étienne Azam, Professor of Medicine, and Anne Rolland. They had a daughter named Suzanne. The latter married a man named Simounet, a war veteran who ended his life in poverty; their son, the author Philippe Jullian, took instead his grandfather's name.

Works

On Bordeaux and Gironde

* ''Étude d'épigraphie bordelaise. Les Bordelais dans l'armée romaine. Notes concernant les inscriptions de Bordeaux extraites des papiers de M. de Lamontagne'', 1884 * ''Les antiquités de Bordeaux'' (Revue archéologique), 1885 * ''Inscriptions romaines de Bordeaux'', 1887-1890 ^{vailable online on the Cujas Library website
Vol. IVol. II} * ''Ausone et Bordeaux. Études sur les derniers temps de la Gaule romaine'', 189
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* ''Histoire de Bordeaux depuis les origines jusqu'en 1895'', 189
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Works on Gauls

* ''De protectoribus et domesticis augustorum'', 1883 * ''Histoire des institutions politiques de l'ancienne France, de Fustel de Coulanges'' (posthumous edition of his works), 1890 * ''Gallia, tableau sommaire de la Gaule sous la domination romaine'', Hachette, 1892 * ''Fréjus romain'', 1886 * ''Notes d'épigraphie'', 1886 * ''Les transformations politiques de l'Italie sous les empereurs romains, 43 av JC-330 après J.-C.'', 1884 * ''Extraits des historiens du XIXe'', publiés, annotés et précédés d'une introduction sur l'histoire de France, 1897 * ''Inscriptiones Galliae narbonensis Latinae (CIL XII)'', en collaboration, 1899 * * ''La politique romaine en Provence (218-59 avant notre ère)'', 1901 * ''Recherches sur la religion gauloise'', 1903 * ''Plaidoyer pour la préhistoire'', 1907 * ''Les anciens dieux de l'Occident'', 1913 * ''Les Paris des Romains. Les Arènes. Les Thermes'', 1924 * ''Histoire de la Gaule'', rééd. Hachette, Coll. Références, 1993, 1270 pages, () * ''Au seuil de notre histoire. Leçons faites au Collège de France'', 1905–1930, 3 vol. 1930-1931 *

Patriotic works

* ''Le Rhin gaulois : le Rhin français'', 1915 * ''Pas de paix avec Hohenzollern. À un ami du front'', 1918 * ''La guerre pour la patrie'', 1919 * ''Aimons la France, conférences : 1914-1919'', 1920 * ''De la Gaule à la France. Nos origines historiques'', 1922

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Julian, Camille 1859 births 1933 deaths Writers from Marseille 19th-century French historians 20th-century French historians French philologists French archaeologists École Normale Supérieure alumni Members of the Académie Française Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Recipients of the Legion of Honour French epigraphers Celtic studies scholars