GEORGES PERROT
\d͡ʒˈɔːd͡ʒɪz pˈɛɹət], \dʒˈɔːdʒɪz pˈɛɹət], \dʒ_ˈɔː_dʒ_ɪ_z p_ˈɛ_ɹ_ə_t]\
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A celebrated French archaeologist and historian of art; born at Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (Seine-et-Oise), Nov. 12, 1832. He became professor of archaeology in the Faculty of Letters (1877), and director of the Upper Normal School (1883). During his archaeological investigations in Asia Minor, he made the first complete copy of the celebrated inscription on the monument to Augustus at Ancyra. He enjoys a worldwide reputation as co-author, with the architect C. Chipiez, of a "History of Art in Antiquity" (1881-89), in five volumes, treating of art in Egypt, Chaldaea, Asia Minor, etc. He also wrote "The Forerunners of Demosthenes" and "Crete-Past and Future".
By Charles Dudley Warner
