Jacques Gabriel Bulliot (1817-1902)Jacques-Gabriel Bulliot (23 January 1817 in

Autun Autun () is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Saône-et-Loire Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region of central-eastern France. It was founded during the Principate era of the e ...

– 13 January 1902) 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 ...

and

wine merchant A winemaker or vintner is a person engaged in winemaking. They are generally employed by winery, wineries or :Wine companies, wine companies, where their work includes: *Cooperating with viticulture, viticulturists *Monitoring the maturity of grap ...

, and a member of the Eduenne Society of Arts, Sciences and Arts, founded in Autun in 1836. He discovered the site of

Bibracte Bibracte, a Gauls, Gallic ''oppidum'' (fortified settlement), was the capital of the Aedui and one of the most important hillforts in Gaul. It was located near modern Autun in Burgundy, France. The archaeological culture, material culture of the ...

he located at Mont Beuvray (Saône-et-Loire).Alain Dessertenne, ''Saint-Martin, le Beuvray et l'Antiquaire'', revue « Images de Saône-et-Loire » n° 122 (juillet 2000), pp. 3-5. He undertook many excavations on the site between 1867 and 1895, when he entrusted the work to his nephew Joseph Déchelette.

Publications

# Étude sur l'Abbaye de Saint-Martin d'Autun, 2 vol. # Essai sur le système défensif des Romains dans le pays Éduen # L'Art de l'émaillerie chez les Éduens avant l'ère chrétienne # La Cité gauloise # Fouilles du Mont Beuvray, 3 large albums # Félix Thiollier. La mission et le culte de saint Martin d’après les légendes et les monuments populaires dans le pays éduen. Étude sur le paganisme rural. illustrated with mythological engravings, Autun: Dejussieu; Paris: Picard, 1892

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bulliot, Jacques-Gabriel People from Autun 19th-century French historians Wine merchants 1817 births 1902 deaths 19th-century French businesspeople