Gaston Deschamps

Gaston Deschamps
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(s)	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.

Sources

• Henri Avenel, La Presse française au vingtième siècle, Paris, É. Flammarion, 1901, (p. 206).

External links

• Gaston Deschamps on data.bnf.fr
• List of publications on Persée