René Dussaud
French archaeologist (1868–1958) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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René Dussaud (French pronunciation: [ʁəne dyso]; December 24, 1868 – March 17, 1958) was a French Orientalist, archaeologist, and epigrapher. Among his major works are studies on the religion of the Hittites, the Hurrians, the Phoenicians and the Syriacs. He became curator of the Department of Near Eastern Antiquities at the Louvre Museum and a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.[1] One notable student was pioneering Jewish archaeologist Judith Marquet-Krause.[2]
Dussaud is known for his support for the theory of the origin of the Semitic alphabet and for him being the leader of the French excavations in the Middle East and one of the founders of the archaeology journal Syria.[3] He has been described as "a director of archaeological awareness".[4]