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Louis Joseph Delaporte

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Louis Joseph Delaporte
Born22 October 1874
DiedFebruary 1944
Academic work
Disciplinearchaeology
Sub-disciplineHittitology
Notable worksMesopotamia : the Babylonian and Assyrian civilization

Louis Joseph Delaporte, often known as Louis Delaporte (22 October 1874 – February 1944) was a French archaeologist and Hittitologist.[1]

Louis Delaporte was born in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët. He died in Wohlau (Belgern-Schildau) [de] prison in Silesia in February 1944.[1]

Works

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  • Mesopotamia : the Babylonian and Assyrian civilization. Translated by V. Gordon Childe. 1925.
  • Les Hittites (Paris: Renaissance du Livre, 1936).

References

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  1. ^ a b René Dussaud, Nécrologie: Louis Delaporte, Syria, Vol. 24 (1944), p.287-9