author
Félix Marie Louis Jean Robiou de La Tréhonnais
1818–1894
A 19th-century French historian and classical scholar, he wrote widely on the ancient world, from the Gauls and Rome to Hellenistic Egypt. His work blends careful research with a strong curiosity about how old societies were organized and remembered.
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Observations critiques sur l'archélogie dite préhistorique, spécialement en ce qui concerne la race celtique (1879)
by Félix Marie Louis Jean Robiou de La Tréhonnais
About the author
Born in Rennes in 1818, Félix Marie Louis Jean Robiou de La Tréhonnais was a French historian and professor. He taught at the lycées of Pontivy and Laval, later served at the Faculties of Letters in Strasbourg and Nancy, and went on to become professor of Greek literature at the Faculty of Rennes.
His books show the breadth of his interests in antiquity. He wrote on subjects including the Gauls, ancient Rome, the Egypt of the Lagids, and the retreat of the Ten Thousand, and he also published critical work on prehistoric archaeology. That range makes him feel less like a narrowly specialized scholar and more like a guide to many corners of the ancient world.
Robiou was recognized by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, where he served as a corresponding member from 1882 until his death in 1894. A confirmed portrait was not available from the sources I could verify, so no author image is included here.