Henry Seyrig
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| Henry Arnold Seyrig | |
 Henry Seyrig
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| Born | November 10, 1895 Héricourt, Haute-Saône, France |
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| Died | January 21, 1973 (aged 77) Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Archaeologist |
| Spouse | Hermine de Saussure |
| Children | Delphine |
Henri Arnold Seyrig (November 10, 1895 – January 21, 1973); (in French Henri Seyrig), was a French Archaeologist numismatist, and historian of Antiquity. He was general director of antiquities of Syria and Lebanon since 1929 and director during more than twenty years of the Institute of archaeology of Beirut.[1]
[edit] Early life
Henry was born to a liberal bourgeois Lutheran family. His family moved to Mulhouse where he was schooled and learned German. Seyrig continued his education at Oxford until 1914.
During the first world war Seyrig fought at Verdun and was decorated. In 1917 Seyrig joined the Orient contingent in Salonic where he had his first encounter with archeology and left his family business. He then attended the Sorbonne where he presented a thesis about the Homeric House and in 1922 was admitted to the French School at Athens where he spent seven years as a member and was promoted to secretary general's office.
[edit] Career
In 1929, Henri Seyrig (then 34 years old) was called recommended by the master of Levantine archaeology René Dussaud and was appointed General director of antiquities of Syria and Lebanon which were under French mandate. Seyric created the French institute of archaeology in Beirut which he headed for 20 years.
[edit] References
- ^ Gérard Siebert. Portraits et silhouettes d'Alsace (.pdf). Revue de l'Alsace. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
