Pierre de La Coste-Messelière explained

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]

External links

• Pierre de La Coste-Messelière on data.bnf.fr
• Pierre de La Coste-Messelière's Bibliography
• La Coste-Messelière, Pierre de (1894-1975)

Notes and References

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