Julien Sacaze, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julien Sacaze

French historian *1847

Date of Birth: 24-Sep-1847

Place of Birth: Saint-Gaudens, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 20-Nov-1889

Profession: archaeologist, epigrapher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Julien-Etienne-Léopold Sacaze (24 September 1847, Saint-Gaudens – 20 November 1889) was a French lawyer, historian and archaeologist known for his epigraphic investigations of the Pyrenees region. He studied philosophy and theology at the seminar of Issy and studied law in Toulouse.
In 1872 he became a practicing lawyer in his hometown of Saint-Gaudens, later earning distinctions as secretary of the conseil de l'Ordre (1877) and as bâtonnier (1888).With prehistorian Édouard Piette, he conducted several archaeological excavations in the Pyrenees.
In 1875, the two men uncovered cromlechs (megalithic structures) at Mount Espiau, and later discovered tumuli at the plateau of Lannemezan (1877–78) as well as an early Iron Age sépultures à incinération, found at the plain of Rivière, located southwest of Saint-Gaudens.
In 1879 the two men excavated a Gallo-Roman cemetery at Garin.In 1885 he was a founding member of the Société des études du Comminges (1885).
An academic association in Bagnères-de-Luchon known as the Académie Julien Sacaze is named after him.