Daniel Schlumberger
Daniel Schlumberger | |
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Born | Daniel Théodore Schlumberger 19 December 1904 |
Died | 21 October 1972 Princeton, New Jersey, United States | (aged 67)
Occupation | Archaeologist |
Daniel Théodore Schlumberger (19 December 1904 – 21 October 1972[1]) was a French archaeologist and Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Strasbourg and later Princeton University.
Biography
After having been invited by Khan Nasher in the 1960s, he 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.
References
- ^ Daniel Schlumberger Institut français du Proche-Orient
- ^ Answers.com. (2010). Daniel Schlumberger (Obituary: The Times, 25 October 1972). Retrieved on 2010-04-18.