Background
Louis Maury was born on March 23, 1817, at Meaux, France.
Louis Maury was born on March 23, 1817, at Meaux, France.
In 1836 Maury completed his education.
He entered the Bibliotheque Nationale, and afterwards the Bibliotheque de l'Institut (1844), where he devoted himself to the study of archaeology, ancient and modern languages, medicine and law. Gifted with a great capacity for work, a remarkable memory and an unbiassed and critical mind, he produced without great effort a number of learned pamphlets and books on the most varied subjects. He rendered great service to the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, of which he had been elected a member in 1857. Napoleon III employed him in research work connected with the Histoire de Cesar, and he was rewarded, proportionately to his active, if modest, part in this work, with the positions of librarian of the Tuileries (1860), professor at the College of France (1862) and director-general of the Archives (1868). It was not, however, to the imperial favour that he owed these high positions. He used his influence for the advancement of science and higher education, and with Victor Duruy was one of the founders of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes.
He died on February 11, 1892, at Paris, four years after his retirement from the last post.
In 1857, Louis Ferdinand Alfred Maury became a member of the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres.
