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Gaston Deschamps
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Gaston Deschamps en 1901.
Born
Charles Pierre Gaston Napoléon Deschamps

5 January 1861
Melle
Died 15 May 1931(1931-05-15) (aged 70)
Paris
Occupation Archaeologist
Writer
Journalist

Charles Pierre Gaston Napoléon Deschamps (5 January 1861 – 15 May 1931) was a French archaeologist, writer and journalist.

After he joined the École normale supérieure in 1882, Deschamps was appointed a member of the French School at Athens in 1885. He conducted archaeologic excavations in Amorgos, Chios and in Anatolia.

Selected publications

  • 1896: Le Chemin fleuri, récit de voyages. Paris, Calmann-Lévy.
  • 1892: La Grèce d’aujourd’hui, Paris, A. Colin, 1892. Work crowned by the Académie française.
  • 1894: Sur les routes d’Asie, Paris, A. Colin.
  • 1894–1900: La Vie et les livres, Paris, A. Colin et cie.
  • 1899: Le Malaise de la démocratie, Paris, A. Colin.
  • 1906: Le Rythme de la vie, Paris, A. Colin.
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