Jean-Antoine Letronne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean-Antoine Letronne

French archaeologist

Date of Birth: 25-Jan-1787

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

Date of Death: 14-Dec-1848

Profession: professor, historian, archivist, archaeologist, anthropologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Jean Antoine Letronne (25 January 1787 – 14 December 1848) was a French archaeologist. Born in Paris, his father, a poor engraver, sent him to study art under the painter David, but his own tastes were literary, and he became a student in the Collège de France, where it is said he used to exercise his already strongly developed critical faculty by correcting old translations of Greek authors and afterwards comparing the results with the latest and most approved editions.