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François Lenormant (1837–1883)
Lenormant, François. A French historian and archæologist, son of Charles; born at Paris, Jan. 17, 1837; died there, Dec. 10, 1883. He was one of the foremost of French Assyriologists. Among his works are: ‘Archæological Researches at Eleusis’ (1862); ‘Political and Economic Organization of Coinage in Antiquity’ (1863); ‘Ancient History in the East’ (3 vols., 1868–69); ‘Letters on Assyriology’ (5 vols., 1871–79); ‘Akkadian Studies’ (3 vols., 1873–79); ‘The Primitive Language of Chaldea’ (1875); ‘The Beginnings of History according to the Bible’ (3 vols., 1880–84).