Beulé's grave at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris Charles Ernest Beulé (29 June 1826 – 4 April 1874) was a French archaeologist and

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Biography

Born at Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, he was educated at the

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, and after having held the professorship of rhetoric at Moulins for a year, was sent to

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in 1851 as one of the professors in the École Française there. He had the good fortune to discover the '' propylaea'' of the acropolis, and his work, ''L'Acropole d'Athènes'' was published by order of the minister of public instruction. On his return to France, promotion and distinctions followed rapidly upon his first successes. He was made doctor of letters, ''

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'' of the

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, professor of archaeology at the Bibliothèque Impériale, member of the

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, and perpetual secretary of the

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. He took great interest in political affairs, with which the last few years of his life were entirely occupied. Elected a member of the

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in 1871, he zealously supported the Orleanist party. Between May and November 1873 he was

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in the Broglie ministry. He committed suicide on 4 April 1874, aged 47.

Works

His other important works are: ' (2nd edition 1875); ' (published in 1858); ' (published in 1860); and ' (published in 1861). Beulé was also the author of high-class popular works on artistic and historical subjects: ''Histoire de l'art grec avant Pericles'', the second edition of which was published in 1870, and ' published in four parts between 1867 and 1870.

References

Attribution: * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beule, Charles Ernest 1826 births 1874 deaths People from Saumur Politicians from Pays de la Loire Orléanists French interior ministers Members of the National Assembly (1871) French archaeologists French numismatists Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres French politicians who committed suicide Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 1870s suicides