Charles Pierre Gaston Napoléon Deschamps (5 January 1861 – 15 May 1931) was a French archaeologist, writer and journalist.

Gaston Deschamps
Gaston Deschamps en 1901.
Born
Charles Pierre Gaston Napoléon Deschamps

5 January 1861
Died15 May 1931(1931-05-15) (aged 70)
Paris
Occupation(s)Archaeologist
Writer
Journalist

After he joined the École normale supérieure in 1882, Deschamps was appointed a member of the French School at Athens in 1885. He conducted archaeologic excavations in Amorgos, Chios and in Anatolia.

Selected publications

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Sources

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  • Henri Avenel, La Presse française au vingtième siècle, Paris, É. Flammarion, 1901, (p. 206).
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