Léon Pressouyre, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Léon Pressouyre

Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1935

Place of Birth: Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 10-Aug-2009

Profession: historian

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Léon Pressouyre (27 January 1935 - 10 August 2009) was a French historian of medieval art. An agrégé of history, he was a member of the École française de Rome (1964–1966).
Attached then maître de recherches at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, he was professor of art history and archaeology of the Middle Ages at the University Paris I from 1980 to 1997. He was permanent advisor of the International Council on Monuments and Sites of the UNESCO (1980–2005). Léon Pressouyre was a member of the Société des Antiquaires de France.