Jacques Heurgon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacques Heurgon

French historian and classical philologist

Date of Birth: 25-Jan-1903

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 27-Oct-1995

Profession: university teacher, classical scholar, classical philologist, historian of classical antiquity

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Jacques Heurgon (25 January 1903 – 27 October 1995) was a French university, normalian, Etruscan scholar and Latinist, professor of Latin language and literature at the Sorbonne.
Married to Anne Heurgon-Desjardins, founder in 1952, of the Centre culturel international de Cerisy-la-Salle, he was the father of Marc Heurgon, politician and historian, Catherine Peyrou and Edith Heurgon who continued the "Colloques of Cerisy". A member of the École française de Rome (1928–1930), he was elected a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1969.