Jérôme Carcopino: Difference between revisions

Carcopino was born at [[Verneuil-sur-Avre]], [[Eure]] and educated at the [[École normaleNormale supérieureSupérieure]] where he specialised in history. From 1904 to 1907 he was a member of the French School in Rome. In 1912 he was a professor of history in [[Le Havre]]. In 1912 he became a lecturer at the [[University of Algiers]] and inspector of antiquities in [[Algeria]] until 1920. His career was interrupted by [[World War I]] when he served in the [[Dardanelles]]. He became a professor at the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]] in 1920 until 1937 when he became Director of the French School in Rome. From 25 February 1941 to 18 April 1942 he was the Minister of National Education and Youth in the government of [[Vichy France]]. He was a member of many archaeological and historical institutes in Europe.