André Laronde

André Laronde (19 June 1940, in Grenoble – 1 February 2011, in Paris) was a French hellenist archaeologist.

André Laronde in Cyrene, 1973

Career

After he taught at the University of Grenoble, André Laronde was a professor at the Sorbonne[1] in which he presented in 1976 his thesis for the State doctorate « Recherche sur l'histoire de Cyrène », which studied the history of Cyrenaica under the domination of the Lagides.[2]

He assisted François Chamoux since the creation in 1976 of the French Archaeological Mission in Tripoli, then became director from 1981. He also conducted the excavations in Cyrene and Apollonia, Cyrenaica.[3]

He was elected a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 2002.

He died of a heart attack on 1 February 2011 at the age of 70.[4]

Selected works

References
  1. Fiche de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres
  2. François Chamoux, « Campagne de fouilles à Apollonia de Cyrénaïque (Libya) en 1976 », Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, n° 1 (121th year), 1977, (p. 22), note 23
  3. Claude Sintes, La Libye antique, Gallimard, coll. « Découvertes Gallimard / Archéologie » (nº 460), 2004, ISBN 2-07-030207-5, (p. 35–36)
  4. Professor André Laronde
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