lenormant, charles (1802-1859), French Egyptologist and numismatist. He accompanied J. F. champollion to Egypt (1828); his journal of the journey through Egypt was posthumously published in 1861. He was professor of Egyptian archaeology at the Collège de France (1848). Several of his many publications deal with Egyptology and were of great value in their time. His contributions to Coptic studies may be found in A Coptic Bibliography (Kammerer, 1950, 1969).
Lenormant, Charles
By Atiya, Aziz Suryal, 1898-1988
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Bibliography
Carré, J.-M. Voyageurs et écrivains français en Égypte. 2 vols. Cairo, 1932. Dawson, W. R., and E. P. Uphill. Who Was Who in Egyptology. London, 1972. Kammerer, W., comp. A Coptic Bibliography. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1950; repr. New York, 1969. AZIZ S. ATIYA