Jean Leclant#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1359 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 1993 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
Jean Leclant passed away September 16, 2011.
Positions Held
- 1990 Professor emeritus
- 1979 Professur for Egyptology, Collège de France
- 1963 - 1979 Professor, Sorbonne
- 1955 Professor, University of Straßburg
Fields of Scholarship
- Egyptology
Honours and Awards
- Honorary Professor at the College of France
- Permanent Secretary of the Academy of Inscriptions and Letters of the Institut de France
- Honorary Secretary of the International Association of Egyptologists
- Honorary member of the Humanities and the Social Sciences section of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Palmes académiques
- Grand-Officier de la Légion d'honneur et dans l'Ordre national du Mérite
- Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres
- 1993 Balzan Prize for Art and Archaeology of the Ancient World
- 2000 Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
