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Henri Breuil

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Also known as Abbé Henri Breuil, Breuil, Abbe Henri Breuil

French priest and academic (1877–1961)

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Born
1877
Died
1961
Works
54

Top works

  • Sur quelques bronzes celtiques du musée de Chateauroux (Indre)
  • De l'importance de la solifluxion dans l'étude des terrains quaternaires du nord de la France et des pays voisins
  • Exemples de figures dégénérées et stylisées a l'époque du renne
  • Stations paléolithiques en Transylvanie
  • La question aurignacienne

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Type
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Key facts

Born
( 1877-02-28 ) 28 February 1877, Mortain , Manche , France
Died
14 August 1961 (1961-08-14) (aged 84), L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise , France
Alma mater
Sorbonne
Awards
Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1924) , Albrecht-Penck-Medaille (1958)
Fields
Catholic priest archaeologist anthropologist ethnologist geologist

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Henri
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Mortain
Place of death
L'Isle-Adam
Occupation
botanist
Educated at
Sorbonne
Languages spoken
French
Field of work
archaeology
Image
Henri Breuil.jpg
Work location
Paris
Residence
France
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Commons category
Henri Breuil
date of birth
1877-02-28
date of death
1961-08-17
name in native language
Henri Breuil
Commons Creator page
Henri Breuil
birth name
Henri Edouard Prosper Breuil
place of burial
Belleu
nickname
pape de la Préhistoire
writing language
French
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Encyclopedic overview

Henri Édouard Prosper Breuil (28 February 1877 – 14 August 1961), often referred to as Abbé Breuil ( French pronunciation: [abe bʁœj]), was a French Catholic priest, archaeologist, anthropologist, ethnologist and geologist. He studied cave art in the Somme and Dordogne valleys as well as in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ireland, China with Teilhard de Chardin, Ethiopia, British Somali Coast Protectorate, and especially southern Africa.

Life

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