Pierre Jouguet (14 May 1869 – 9 July 1949) was a French

Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , ''-logia''; ) is the scientific study of ancient Egypt. The topics studied include ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end ...

and classical philologist. In 1890 he studied at the

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in Paris, obtaining his agrégation for

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in 1893. For three years thereafter he was associated with the École française d’Athènes, followed by work at the

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(1896–97). From 1898 to 1910, he was a lecturer of grammar and

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at the Faculty of Arts in

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. On 8 June 1911 he received his doctorate of letters at the Sorbonne, subsequently serving as a professor of ancient history and

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in Lille (1911–1914 and 1918–1920).Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
biography
biographical sketch From 1920 to 1933, he was a professor of papyrology at the Sorbonne, meanwhile serving as director of the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale (1928-1940). From 1937 to 1949, he was a professor at Fouad I University in Cairo. During his earlier years spent in

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(1896–97, 1900), he translated numerous Greek papyri and participated at the excavatory site at Ghorân. In 1901–02 at

Fayoum Faiyum ( ; , ) is a city in Middle Egypt. Located southwest of Cairo, in the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate. It is one of Egypt's oldest cities due to its strategic location. Name and etymology Originally f ...

, he discovered a small Hellenistic

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. In 1904, at Lille, he founded the Institut de Papyrologie. He was also founder of the Société royale égyptienne de Papyrologie and co-founder of the Société française d’Égyptologie and the Institut international de Recherches hellénistiques.

Selected works

* ''Ostraka du Fayoum'', in ''Bulletin de l'institut français d'archéologie orientale'', 1902. * ''La Vie municipale dans l’Égypte romaine'', with P. Collart, J. Lesquier et M. Xonal, 1911. * ''Les Papyrus grecs de Lille'', 2 vols., 1907–1912. * ''L’Égypte gréco-romaine de la conquête d'Alexandre à Dioclétien'', 1932. * ''L’Égypte ptolémaïque'', in Gabriel Hanotaux, ''Histoire de la nation égyptienne'', 1933. * ''L’Égypte dans les premières civilisations méditerranéennes'', with G. Fougères, 1935. * ''L’Égypte alexandrine'', 1940. * ''L'Athènes de Périclès et les destinées de la Grèce'', 1941. * ''À la Grèce. Aux grecs'', 1944. * ''L'impérialisme macédonien et l'hellénisation de l'Orient'', 1926. (translated into English and published as ''Macedonian imperialism and the

Hellenization Hellenization or Hellenification is the adoption of Greek culture, religion, language, and identity by non-Greeks. In the ancient period, colonisation often led to the Hellenisation of indigenous people in the Hellenistic period, many of the ...

of the East'', 1928).OCLC Classify
published works

Bibliography

* J. Zeiller, ''Éloge funèbre de M. Pierre Jouguet'', in '' Comptes rendus de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres'', 1950 * A. Merlin, '' Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Pierre Jouguet'', ''CRAI'', 1950 * G. Lefebvre, ''Pierre Jouguet'', ''Revue d'égyptologie'' n° 7, 1950 * O. Guéraud, ''Bibliographie des travaux scientifiques de Pierre Jouguet'', ''Bulletin de l'institut français d'archéologie orientale'' n°54, 1954 * Ève Gran-Aymerich, ''Les chercheurs de passé'', Éditions du CNRS, 2007, (p. 898–899)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jouguet, Pierre Academic staff of the University of Paris Academic staff of Cairo University 20th-century French historians French archaeologists French Egyptologists French philologists French papyrologists French hellenists French epigraphers 1869 births 1949 deaths People from Gard Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Corresponding fellows of the British Academy