Background
Leclant, Jean was born on August 8, 1920 in Paris. Son of René Leclant and Laurence Pannier.
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Education
Certified, University Paris, Sorbonne, 1945. Doctor of Philosophy in Humanities, University Paris, Sorbonne, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa, Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium, 1991.
Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa, University Bologne, Italy, 1992.
Career
Professor Egyptology, U. Strasbourg, France, 1953-1963;
professor Egyptology, U. Sorbonne, Paris, 1963-1979;
director studies, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, since 1964;
member, Institute de France, Paris, since 1974;
professor emeritus Egyptology, Collège de France, Paris, 1979-1990. Consultant U. Khartoum, Sudan. Director Mission Française Archéologique, Ethiopia, 1952-1956.
Member archaeological missions to Sudan, 1960-1978, Egypt,1948-1996. Member Institute France, Academy des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Paris, since 1974, perpetual secretary, since 1983.
Achievements
Membership
Commandment French Navy, 1945-1946. Fellow British Academy, Academy of Sciences Vienna (correspondent). Member Institute d'Égypte, Association de l'Accademia dei Lincei, Royal Academy Belgium, Royal Academy Denmark, Royal Academy Sweden, Bavarian Academy, Romania Academy, German Archaeol.
Institute, Royal Academy Madrid, Royal Academy Barcelona, Austrian Archaeol. Institute, Academy Mediterranean Studies, Italian Institute of Near and Far East (honorary), Academy Europaea, Russian Academy of Sciences (foreign), Academy Pontaniana (Naples), Academy Athens, American Philosophical Society (Boston), Society Asiatique (honorary president), Overseas Academy of Sciences (Paris), Academy Delphinale, Academy d'Aix-en-Provence, Academy de Lyon, Academy de Bordeaux, Academy de Marseille, National Society Antiquarians of France, International Association Egyptologists (honorary secretary-general), Group for Meroitic Studies (co-president), Society for Nubian Studies (honorary president), International Association for History of Religions (vice president), French Commission for United Nations Educational (vice president), Archael. Research Commission Overseas, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Connections
Married Marie-Françoise Alexandre-Hatvany, July 7, 1988.
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Ethnicity
Education
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1945
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1955
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1991
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1992
Career
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1953 - 1963
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1963 - 1979
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1964
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1979 - 1990
Awards
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Decorated Grand Officer, Legion of Honor, Grand Officer, Order of Merit, Commander, Order of Academy Palms, Commander, Order of Arts and Letters, Officer, Imperial Order of Menelik, Ethiopia, Grand Officer, Order of Egyptian Republic, Order of Sudan, Order of Italian Merit. Recipient Arakel Nubar Pacha prize Association France-Egypt, 1954, Gold medal for archaeology Academy of Architect, 1983, Galileo Galilei medal University Pisa, Balzan prize Fondazione International, 1993, Cino del Duca prize, 2000.Decorated Grand Officer, Legion of Honor, Grand Officer, Order of Merit, Commander, Order of Academy Palms, Commander, Order of Arts and Letters, Officer, Imperial Order of Menelik, Ethiopia, Grand Officer, Order of Egyptian Republic, Order of Sudan, Order of Italian Merit. Recipient Arakel Nubar Pacha prize Association France-Egypt, 1954, Gold medal for archaeology Academy of Architect, 1983, Galileo Galilei medal University Pisa, Balzan prize Fondazione International, 1993, Cino del Duca prize, 2000.