Jean-Baptiste Lechevalier
Jean-Baptiste Le Chevalier (July 1, 1752, in Trelly, Manche department – July 2, 1836, in Paris, Saint-Étienne-du-Mont) 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 French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire Choiseul-Gouffier to undertake archaeological research in the region.
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- 1752 · Trelly.
- Died
- 1836 · Paris.
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- France
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- astronomer · art historian · archaeologist · librarian · writer · cartographer · traveler
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- French
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Jean-Baptiste Le Chevalier (July 1, 1752, in Trelly, Manche department – July 2, 1836, in Paris, Saint-Étienne-du-Mont) 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 French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire Choiseul-Gouffier to undertake archaeological research in the region.
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1752
Jean-Baptiste Lechevalier born at Trelly.
1791
Description of the plain of Troy is dated 1791.
1836
Jean-Baptiste Lechevalier died at Paris.
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He visited Italy and the north-west coast of Anatolia, where he devoted his studies particularly to the identification of Troy. 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. In 1806 he was employed as the first curator of the Sainte-Geneviève Library in Paris.
• 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.
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Kauffer, François (1751?-1801). Auteur du texte Lechevalier, I. B. (18..-18..?). Auteur du texte · Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Kauffer, François (1751?-1801). Fonction indéterminée · Bibliothèque nationale de France
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- 1.Boeri, Elisa. The Allure of the Ancient, Chapter 5, pp 102–144. Brill.
- 2.Labrouste, Henri. Sainte-Geneviève Library. The Reading Room.
- 3.Kadam, Umesh Ashokrao. The French in India: A Review (1761-1790). JStor. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, vol. 64, pp. 667–76. 2003.
- 4.Ivermee, Robert. How a French Governor in Bengal wanted to drive the English out from India in the 18th Century. JStor. 5 March 2021.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Jean Baptiste LeChevalier, Jean Baptiste Le Chevalier and Jean-Baptiste Le Chevalier. His recorded language was French. Other recorded relations include Pierre François Boudier. Recorded position is Consul of France. He belonged to Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony and Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences. Recorded as astronomer, art historian, archaeologist, librarian and writer.
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Description of the plain of Troy
1791
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