Gaston Maspero, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gaston Maspero

French egyptologist

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1846

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

Date of Death: 30-Jun-1916

Profession: historian, egyptologist, university teacher, folklorist, archaeologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Sir Gaston Camille Charles Maspero (23 June 1846 – 30 June 1916) was a French Egyptologist known for popularizing the term "Sea Peoples" in an 1881 paper. Maspero's son, Henri Maspero, became a notable sinologist and scholar of East Asia.