Daniel Schlumberger
Appearance
Daniel Schlumberger | |
|---|---|
| Born | Daniel Théodore Schlumberger 19 December 1904 |
| Died | 21 October 1972 (aged 67) Princeton, New Jersey, United States |
| Occupation | Archaeologist |
Daniel Théodore Schlumberger (19 December 1904 – 21 October 1972[1]) was a French archaeologist and a professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Strasbourg and later Princeton University.
Biography
[edit]After having been invited by Khan Nasher in the 1960s, Schlumberger conducted fieldwork at Ay Khanum in Afghanistan as Director of the Délégation Archéologique Française, discovering ruins and artifacts of the Hellenistic period.[2] His written works were included posthumously in The Cambridge History of Iran (1983).
He was an older brother of Jean Schlumberger.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ Daniel Schlumberger Institut français du Proche-Orient
- ↑ Answers.com. (2010). Daniel Schlumberger (Obituary: The Times, 25 October 1972). Retrieved on 2010-04-18.
Categories:
- Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg
- Princeton University faculty
- Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
- 1972 deaths
- 1904 births
- People from Mulhouse
- 20th-century French archaeologists
- Corresponding fellows of the British Academy
- European archaeologist stubs
- French scientist stubs