François-Maurice Allotte de La Fuÿe
François-Maurice Allotte de La Fuÿe (6 November 1844, La Rochelle – 13 February 1939, Versailles) was a French military officer, archaeologist and numismatist.
From 1863 to 1865 he was a student at the École Polytechnique in Paris and afterwards was associated with the École impériale d’application de l’artillerie et du génie (Imperial school of artillery application and engineering) in Metz. In 1886/87 he was in charge of construction of the military barracks at Tébessa, Algeria. Several years later, he was appointed commandant of the School of Engineering in Grenoble. From 1897 to 1904 he was a member of the French archaeological delegation in Persia (Susa).[1]
From 1914 to 1936 he was a correspondent member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.[1] In 1933 he was named president of the Société française de numismatique.[2]
Selected works
- La dynastie des Kamnaskirès, 1902 – The dynasty of Kamnaskires.
- Monnaies de l'Élymäide, 1904 – Coins of Elymais.
- Étude sur la numismatique de la Perside, 1906 – Study of Persian numismatics.
- Observations sur la numismatique de la Perside, 1907 – Observations about Persian numismatics.
- Documents présargoniques, 1908-13 Pre-Sargonic documents.
- Correspondance sumérologique, 1913 – Sumerology correspondance.
- Archéologie, métrologie et numismatique susiennes, 1934 – Archaeology, metrology and numismatics (Susa).
He also made contributions to the multi-volume Mémoires de la Mission Archéologique de Perse (with Gustave Jéquier, Jacques de Morgan, Joseph Étienne Gautier, et al).[3]
References
- 1 2 ALLOTTE DE LA FUŸE François-Maurice Sociétés savantes de France
- ↑ Présidents et membres d’honneur Société française de numismatique
- ↑ IDREF.fr bibliography