Antoine Banier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antoine Banier

French historian

Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1673

Place of Birth: Dallet, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 02-Nov-1741

Profession: writer, historian, translator, historian of religion, mythographer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

The abbé Antoine Banier (2 November 1673 – 2 November 1741), a French clergyman and member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres from 1713, was a historian and translator, whose rationalizing interpretation of Greek mythology was widely accepted until the mid-nineteenth century.