Gaston Maspero

Gaston Maspero
Born
Gaston Camille Charles Maspero

(1846-06-23)23 June 1846
Paris, France
Died30 June 1916(1916-06-30) (aged 70)
Paris, France
OccupationEgyptology
PredecessorAuguste Mariette
Spouse(s)Harriett Yapp (1871-1873)
Louise Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant de Rebecque (1880-)
ChildrenGeorges Maspero
Harriett Maspero
Henri Maspero
Jean Maspero
RelativesFrançois Maspero, grandson

Sir Gaston Camille Charles Maspero KCMG[1] (23 June 1846 – 30 June 1916) was a French Egyptologist known for popularizing the term "Sea Peoples" in an 1881 paper.

Maspero's son, Henri Maspero, became a notable sinologist and scholar of East Asia.

  1. ^ 'Obituary Notices. Sir Gaston Maspero, K.C.M.G.', Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, July 1917, pp. 629–631.

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