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Pierre de La Coste-Messelière

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Pierre René Marie Fernand Médéric François Frotier de La Coste-Messelière (3 March 1894, Saint-Génard (Deux-Sèvres) – 4 January 1975, idem[1]) was a 20th-century French archaeologist and specialist of archaic Greek art.[2]

He was elected a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in 1944 and also was a member of the French School of Athens.[3]

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  1. ^ Archives départementales des Deux-Sèvres [fr], digitalized état-civil of the city of Saint-Génard, 1883-1902 births, act n° 4 of the year 1894.
  2. ^ Scott, Michael (2015-10-20). Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World. Princeton University Press. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-691-16984-2.
  3. ^ Pontier, Marie-Claire (2000). Le XXe siècle en Deux-Sèvres (in French). Geste. p. 282. ISBN 978-2-84561-004-0.
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