Ernest Desjardins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernest Desjardins

French geographer, historian and professor

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1823

Place of Birth: Noisy-sur-Oise, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 22-Oct-1886

Profession: professor, historian, geographer, archaeologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Antoine Émile Ernest Desjardins (30 September 1823, Noisy-sur-Oise – 22 October 1886, Paris) was a French historian, geographer and archaeologist.
He was a younger brother of historian Abel Desjardins (1814–1886). In 1856 he began teaching classes in Latin epigraphy at the Lycée Napoleon in Paris, and from 1861 taught courses in geography at the École Normale Supérieure.
For several years he conducted archaeological research in Italy, Egypt and regions along the Danube.
In 1875, he became a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.
In 1886, he was appointed professor of epigraphy and Roman antiquities at the Collège de France.