Georges Foucart, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georges Foucart

French Egyptologist & academic

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1865

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1943

Profession: historian, egyptologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Georges Foucart (11 December 1865, Paris – 1943) was a French historian and Egyptologist.
He was the son of archaeologist Paul Foucart (1836–1926), a professor of ancient Greek studies at the Collège de France.From 1898 to 1906, he was a professor of ancient history at the University of Bordeaux, afterwards serving as a professor of history of religions at Aix-Marseille University.
From 1915 to 1928, he was director of the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale in Cairo.