French archeologist
Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer-Forrer (6 March 1898 – 25 August 1982)[ 1] [ 2] French archeologist .
Born inStrasbourg , he led theFrench excavation team that began working on the site ofUgarit , the present dayRas Shamra in 1929, leading to the uncovering of theUgaritic religious texts .[ 3] Enkomi .[ 4]
He was curator for the Prehistoric and Gallo-Roman Museum, Strasbourg (1924–1933) and for theMuseum of National Antiquities, Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1933–1956).[ 5] catastrophism . He argued that on at least five occasions catastrophic events (such as earthquakes) had destroyedBronze Age civilizations.[ 6] [ 7]
He died in Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 25 August 1982.
Selected publications [ edit ] ^ Vercoutter, Jean. (1989).Notice sur la vie et les travaux de Claude Schaeffer-Forrer, membre de l'Académie Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres ^ "Biography of Claude F. A. Schaeffer" . Archived fromthe original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved2008-11-29 .^ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/612669/Ugarit ; "Claude Schaeffer", inJe m'appelleByblos ,Jean-Pierre Thiollet , H & D, 2005, p.256-257.^ Karageorghis, Vassos (1993)."L'archéologie française et le Bronze Récent à Chypre / French archaeology and the Late Bronze Age in Cyprus" .MOM Éditions .22 (1):81– 89. ^ Anonymous. (1998).Claude-Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer . InThe New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 10 . Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. p. 507 ^ Burton Brown, T. (1949).Stratigraphie comparée et chronologie de l'Asie occidentale (IIIe et IIe millénaires) By C. F. A. Schaeffer The Journal of Hellenic Studies ^ Palmer, Trevor. (2003).Perilous Planet Earth: Catastrophes and Catastrophism Through the Ages . Cambridge University Press. pp. 120-121.ISBN 0-521-81928-8
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