Louis Jalabert

Reverent father Louis Jalabert (30 March 1877, Lyon – 12 August 1943, Nice) was a French archaeologist and epigrapher.

Biography

A novice of the Society of Jesus (1895), he took a BA in 1899 and went to teach in Beirut. He was thus a professor at the Collège Saint Joseph (1901–1907) then at the Faculté orientale of Beirut (1911–1914).

On his return to France in 1914, he became the editor of the magazine Études [fr]. In 1923 he was elected a member of the Académie des sciences d'outre-mer from its foundation

In 1935, his work Syrie et Liban was awarded the "Prix Bordin" of the Académie française

In 1936, he was made a recipient of the Legion of Honour.

Some works

• 1906: Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie, Mélanges de la Faculté orientale I, Beyrouth.
• Inscriptions grecques et latines de Syrie, Syria n°1, (p. 132–188)
• 1921: Le film corrupteur.
• 1922: Dictionnaire apologétique de la foi catholique, with father René Mouterde.
• 1929 and 1939: Recueil des inscriptions grecques et latines de Syrie, with father R. Mouterde.
• 1934: Syrie et Liban. Réussite française ?

Bibliography

• Charles E. O'Neill, Joaquín María Domínguez, Diccionario histórico de la Compañía de Jesús, 2001, p. 2122 (Read online)
• Eve Gran-Aymerich, Les chercheurs de passé, Éditions du CNRS, 2007, (p. 891–892)
• Claude Brunet, Des formes et des mots chez les Anciens, 2008, (p. 281)

References

External links

• Louis Jalabert on data.bnf.fr

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