| LC control no. | n 50014353 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Vercoutter, Jean, 1911-2000 |
| Variant(s) | Vercoutter, Jean, 1911- فيركوتير، چان |
| Associated country | France |
| Associated place | Egypt Tunisia Sudan |
| Birth date | 1911-01-20 |
| Death date | 2000-07-16 |
| Place of birth | Lambersart (France) |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Affiliation | Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) Louvre (Paris, France) École pratique des hautes études (France) Université de Paris Société française d'égyptologie Institut d'Égypte (1918- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Egyptologists Archaeologists |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | Author's L'Ėgypte ancienne, 1947. International Association of Egyptologists Web site, Aug. 6, 2002 (Jean Vercoutter (1911-2000); b. Jan. 20, 1911) University of Oxford, Griffith Institute Archive website, viewed September 29, 2024 (Vercoutter, Jean; French Egyptologist; born 20 January 1911, Lambersart, son of Georges V. [Vercoutter?] and Aline Bertin; studied history and geography at the Sorbonne, and Egyptology at the École Pratique des hautes études; diploma 1939; sent on a mission to Tunisia in 1937 where he studied Egyptian objects; served in World War II, taken prisoner and released in 1940; attached to the Louvre, 1942-45 and IFAO, 1945-50, where he took part in excavations at Karnak and Tod 1947-49; joined CNRS, director of excavations at Dara, 1950-51 for the University of Paris; Docteur ès lettres 1953, Sorbonne; head of the French archaeological mission to the Sudan 1953-55, excavating at Kor 1953 and Sai 1954; director of the Sudan Archaeological Service 1955-60; professor at Lille and director of the French mission in the Sudan 1960-76, where he undertook work at Aksha 1960-62 and Mirgissa 1963-67 for the Nubian rescue campaign; director of IFAO 1977-81; became member of the Académie des Inscriptions 11 May 1984; president of the Société française d'égyptologie 1982-97; honorary president of the Nubian Society 1982; member of the Institut d'Égypte 1976; awarded the Légion d'honneur; died in Paris 16 July 2000) <https://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/vercoutter-jean> BnF Data, September 29, 2024 (Jean Vercoutter (1911-2000); country: France; language: French; gender: male; born Lambersart (Nord), 20-01-1911; died Paris, 16-07-2000; archaeologist and Egyptologist; director of the Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire, IFAO (1976-1981); director, Antiquities service de Khartoum; preside, Société français d'égyptologie, since 1982; domains: archeology, prehistory, ancient history) <https://data.bnf.fr/fr/11927915/jean_vercoutter/> |
| Associated language | fre |
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