André Parrot
1901
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1980
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: France
languages spoken, written or signed: French
occupation: anthropologist, archaeologist, Lutheran pastor, university teacher, assyriologist, art historian, curator
award received: Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, honorary doctor of the University of Utrecht, Bordin Prize, Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, Montyon Prizes
position held: President-Director of Musée du Louvre, museum director
student of: René Dussaud, Édouard Dhorme
André Charles Ulrich Parrot (15 February 1901 – 24 August 1980) was a French archaeologist specializing in the ancient Near East. He led excavations in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria, and is best known for his work at Mari, Syria, where he led important excavations from 1933 to 1975. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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