Hubert-Pascal Ameilhon
Hubert-Pascal Ameilhon (born in Paris, 7 April 1730; died 1811) was a French historian and librarian. He first worked at the Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris, the city of Paris historical library. In 1766 he published a history of trade and seafaring in Ptolemaic Egypt, a work that was commended by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; he became a member of the academy in 1766.
Hubert-Pascal Ameilhon
- Born
- 1730 · Paris.
- Died
- 1811 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- librarian · historian · classical scholar · writer
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Hubert-Pascal Ameilhon (born in Paris, 7 April 1730; died 1811) was a French historian and librarian. He first worked at the Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris, the city of Paris historical library. In 1766 he published a history of trade and seafaring in Ptolemaic Egypt, a work that was commended by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; he became a member of the academy in 1766.
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Hubert-Pascal Ameilhon (1730–1811) was a French classical scholar, historian and librarian, among other activities. The classical scholar was born and died in Paris. Hubert-Pascal Ameilhon was a member of Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and held the position of library curator.
Languages used include French. The classical scholar received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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He completed the multi-volume Histoire du Bas-Empire, a history of the Later Roman Empire and early medieval Europe, left unfinished by Charles Le Beau. Taking up the work of Gabriel de La Porte du Theil he produced the first published translation (into Latin and French) of the Greek inscription on the Rosetta Stone: this was published in 1803. He was responsible for saving up to 800,000 printed books threatened with destruction in the early years of the French Revolution. Many of these found a home at the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, of which he became director in 1800 (perpetual administrator in 1804).
• Histoire du commerce et de la navigation des Égyptiens, sous le Règne des Ptolémées (1766). • Histoire du Bas-Empire en commençant à Constantin le Grand par Charles Le Beau (vols 22–29, 1781–1817). • Éclaircissements sur l'inscription grecque du monument trouvé à Rosette (1803).
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Hubert-Pascal Ameilhon is recorded as librarian, historian, classical scholar and writer.
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1730
Hubert-Pascal Ameilhon born at Paris.
1811
Hubert-Pascal Ameilhon died at Paris.
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- 1.Histoire du commerce et de la navigation des Egyptiens by Hubert Pascal Ameilhon
- 2.Hubert-Pascal Ameilhon (1730-1811) data.bnf.fr
- 3.Le Beau, Charles (1701-1778) IdRef (bibliography)
- 4.The Esoteric Codex: Ancient Egyptian Texts I by Mark Rogers
- 5.Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, Volume 1 by Joseph Thomas
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- Hélène Dufresne, Érudition et esprit public au XVIIIe siècle: le bibliothécaire Hubert-Pascal Ameilhon (1730-1811). Paris: Nizet, 1962
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