Philippe Le Bas
French archaeologist
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| Intro | French archaeologist | ||||
| Places | France | ||||
| was | Anthropologist Linguist Archaeologist Librarian Translator Philologist | ||||
| Work field | Literature Social science | ||||
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| Birth | 18 June 1794, Paris | ||||
| Death | 19 May 1860Paris (aged 65 years) | ||||
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Philippe Le Bas (18 June 1794, Paris - 19 May 1860, Paris) was a French hellenist, archaeologist and translator. He was the son of Philippe Le Bas and Elisabeth Duplay, the daughter of Robespierre's landlord Maurice Duplay. He was only 6 weeks old when his father committed suicide on Robespierre's fall on 27 July 1794 in the Thermidorian Reaction.