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French anthropologists

27 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alexandra David-NéelAuthor · BooksAlexandra David-Néel (born Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David; 24 October 1868 – 8 September 1969) was a French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist, opera singer, and writer.[1]…
Alphonse BertillonPhotographer · PhotographyAlphonse Bertillon (lang; 22 April 1853 – 13 February 1914) was a French police officer and biometrics researcher who applied the anthropological technique of anthropometry to law…
Arthur de GobineauArtist · SculptureArthur de Gobineau, Count de Gobineau (Joseph Arthur de Gobineau; 14 July 1816 – 13 October 1882) was a French writer and diplomat who is best known for helping introduce scientific race…
Austen Henry LayardArtist · PaintingsSir Austen Henry Layard (5 March 18175 July 1894) was a British Assyriologist, traveller, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat.
Bruno LatourAuthor · BooksBruno Latour (22 June 1947 – 9 October 2022) was a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist.
Chahdortt DjavannAuthor · BooksChahdortt Djavann (born 1967) is an Iranian-born French contemporary writer, novelist, and essayist. Her works often touch on topics such as identity and memory;
Claude Lévi-StraussPhotographer · PhotographyClaude Lévi-Strauss (28 November 1908 – 30 October 2009)[4][5] was a Belgian-born French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of…
Désiré CharnayPhotographer · PhotographyClaude-Joseph Désiré Charnay (2 May 182824 October 1915) was a French traveller and archaeologist notable both for his explorations of Mexico and Central America, and for the pioneering use…
Edme-François JomardAuthor · Maps and atlasesEdme-François Jomard (lang; 1777 – September 22, 1862) was a French cartographer, engineer, and archaeologist.
Eugène FlandinIllustrator · IllustrationJean-Baptiste Eugène Napoléon Flandin (15 August 1809 in Naples – 29 September 1889 in Tours), French orientalist, painter, archaeologist, and politician.
Eugène LefébureAuthor · BooksEugène Lefébure (11 November 1838 – 9 April 1908) was a French Egyptologist born in Prunoy.
François-Marie LuzelAuthor · BooksFrançois-Marie Luzel (6 June 1821 – 26 February 1895), often known by his Breton name Fañch an Uhel, was a French folklorist and Breton-language poet.
George DevereuxAuthor · BooksIllustration — George Devereux
George GroslierPhotographer · PhotographyGeorge Groslier (February 4, 1887 – June 18, 1945) was a French polymath who – through his work as a painter, writer, historian, archaeologist, ethnologist, architect, photographer and…
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de PerthesAuthor · BooksJacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (10 September 1788 – 5 August 1868), sometimes referred to as Boucher de Perthes (uklang), was a French archaeologist and antiquary notable for his…
Jane DieulafoyPhotographer · PhotographyJane Dieulafoy (29 June 1851 – 25 May 1916) was a French archaeologist, explorer, novelist, feminist and journalist. She was the wife of Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy.
Jean RouchPhotographer · PhotographyJean Rouch (lang; 31 May 1917 – 18 February 2004) was a French filmmaker and anthropologist.
Jean-Baptiste ViettyArtist · SculptureIllustration — Vietty's Apollino (Musée des Beaux-Arts of Lyon)
Jean-Jacques BarthélemyAuthor · BooksJean-Jacques Barthélemy (20 January 1716 – 30 April 1795) was a French Catholic clergyman, archaeologist, numismatologist and scholar who became the first person to decipher an extinct…
Julien TiersotPerson · Music memorabiliaJulien Tiersot (5 July 1857 in Bourg-en-Bresse (Rhône-Alpes) – 10 August 1936 in Paris), was a French musicologist, composer and a pioneer in ethnomusicology.
Lucien Lévy-BruhlAuthor · BooksLucien Lévy-Bruhl (10 April 1857 – 13 March 1939) was a French scholar trained in philosophy who furthered anthropology with his contributions to the budding fields of sociology and…
Maurice GlaizeDesigner · DesignIllustration — Maurice Glaize
Melchior de VogüéAuthor · BooksMarie-Eugène-Melchior, vicomte de Vogüé (25 February 1848 – 29 March 1910) was a French diplomat, Orientalist, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary critic.
Mouloud MammeriAuthor · BooksMouloud Mammeri (Tamazight: Mulud At Mɛammer) was an Algerian writer, anthropologist and linguist.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinAuthor · BooksPierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. (1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French Jesuit priest, scientist, paleontologist, philosopher, mystic and teacher.
Pierre TrémauxDesigner · DesignPierre Trémaux (20 July 1818 – 12 March 1895) was a French architect, Orientalist photographer and author of numerous scientific and ethnographic publications.
Roman GhirshmanPhotographer · PhotographyRoman Ghirshman was a French anthropologist, archaeologist, art historian, explorer, photographer and university teacher (1895–1979). He was born in Kharkiv and died in Budapest.

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