| LC control no. | n 86107465 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Drovetti, Bernardino, 1776-1852 |
| Associated country | Italy France Egypt |
| Birth date | 1776-01-07 |
| Death date | 1852-03-05 |
| Place of birth | Barbania (Italy) |
| Place of death | Turin (Italy) |
| Field of activity | Diplomacy Egypt--Antiquities--Collectors and collecting |
| Affiliation | France. Consulat général (Cairo, Egypt) France. Armée. Grande Armée |
| Profession or occupation | Diplomats |
| Found in | His Epistolario, 1800-1851, 1985: t.p. (Bernardino Drovetti) flap (b. 1776; d. 1852) Wikipedia, Oct. 6, 2015 (Bernardino Drovetti; Bernardino Michele Maria Drovetti; b. Jan. 7, 1776, Barbania, a commune near Turin, kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia; later obtained French nationality and joined the Grande Armée, participated in the French campaign in Egypt, 1798-99; French Consul-General of Egypt during the Empire (until 1814), and again 1820-1829; avid collector of Egyptian antiquities, which he sold in Europe; died in a lunatic asylum in Turin, Mar. 5, 1852) |
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