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Charles Lenormant (1802–1859)
Lenormant, Charles (le-nor-mä
‘). A French archæologist and art historian; born at Paris, June 1, 1802; died at Athens, Nov. 24, 1859. He was professor of Egyptian archæology in the Collège de France from 1848 till his death. Among his writings are: ‘Thesaurus of Numismatics and Glyptics’ (20 vols., 1834–50); ‘Introduction to Oriental History’ (1838); ‘Museum of Egyptian Antiquities’ (1835–42); ‘Selection of Keramographic Monuments’ (4 vols., 1837–61).