Jean-Baptiste Le Chevalier (July 1, 1752, in Trelly, Manche department to July 2, 1836, in Paris,

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) was a French scholar, astronomer and archaeologist. Le Chevalier studied in Paris and taught from 1772 to 1778 at several colleges. He was appointed by the

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Choiseul-Gouffier to undertake archaeological research in the region. He visited Italy and the north-west coast of

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, where he devoted his studies particularly to the identification of

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. After the outbreak of the French Revolution he returned to France. In 1790 he travelled to London, toured Europe in the following years and returned only in 1795 to France. Since 1806 he was employed as the first curator of the Sainte-Geneviève Library in Paris.

Publications

* ''Voyage de la Troade, ou table de la plaine de Troie dans son état actuel'' (London 1794) ** ''Reise nach Troas oder Gemählde der Ebene von Troja in ihrem gegenwärtigen Zustande'', Altenburg, 1800 * ''Voyage de la Propontide et du Pont-Euxin'' (London 1800, 2 Bde.) ** ''Reise durch den Propontis und Pontus-Euxinus''. Liegnitz und Leipzig: Siegert, 1801. {{DEFAULTSORT:Le Chevalier, Jean-Baptiste 1752 births 1836 deaths 18th-century French archaeologists