Desiré-Raoul Rochette
Illustration — Portrait of Rochette by Ingres (c.1830) Desiré-Raoul Rochette (March 6, 1790 – July 3, 1854), was a French archaeologist. • Illustration — Map of Geneva, from Lettres sur la Suisse (1829)
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Desiré-Raoul Rochette

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- Born
- 1790. · Saint-Amand-Montrond.
- Died
- 1854. · former 2nd arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- anthropologist, archaeologist, art historian, numismatist and writer.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Portrait of Rochette by Ingres (c.1830) Desiré-Raoul Rochette (March 6, 1790 – July 3, 1854), was a French archaeologist. • Illustration — Map of Geneva, from Lettres sur la Suisse (1829)
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Life and work
Life and work
Born at Saint-Amand in the department of Cher, he received his education at Bourges. In 1810, he obtained a chair of grammar in the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. He was named professor of history in the College of Louis-le-Grand at Paris in 1813 and in the Sorbonne in 1817. His first major work was Histoire critique de l'établissement des colonies grecques (4 vols., 1815). He was superintendent of antiquities at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris from 1819 to 1848, and professor of archaeology at the Bibliothèque from 1826, during which time he produced his Cours d'archéologie (1828). In 1829 he published Monuments inédits, with Peintures inédites following in 1836 and Peintures de Pompei in 1844. He contributed to the Annali of the Roman Institute, the Journal des Savants and the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1838. At his death on 3 July 1854 Rochette was perpetual secretary of the Academy of Fine Arts and a corresponding member of most of the learned societies in Europe.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Raoul Rochette, Désiré-Raoul Rochette and Desire-Raoul Rochette. His recorded language was French. His recorded confession was Catholicism. He married Claudine Houdon. One child is recorded: Josephine Calamatta. Recorded as anthropologist, archaeologist, art historian, numismatist and writer.
Career and activity
Career and activity
He was employed by University of Paris. He belonged to German Archaeological Institute, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and Russian Academy of Sciences.

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1790
Desiré-Raoul Rochette born at Saint-Amand-Montrond.
1830
Notice de l'ouvrage intitule Catalogo di scelte antichita etrusche trovate negli scavi del principe di Canino, Raoul Rochette (1830) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1831
Lettre a M. le duc de Luynes sur le graveurs des monnaies greques par Raoul Rochette (1831) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1832
Lettre à M. Schorn, professeur d'archéologie à l'Université de Munich par M. Raoul Rochette (1832) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1854
Desiré-Raoul Rochette died at former 2nd arrondissement of Paris.
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