13 Facts About Louis Leschi

Louis Leschi was a French historian, epigrapher and archaeologist, a specialist of ancient North Africa.

The son of academics, Louis Leschi followed himself an exemplary curriculum whose beginnings were interrupted by World War I After his admission to the Ecole Normale Superieure in 1919, he obtained his agregation of history in 1922.

Louis Leschi then was a member of the Ecole francaise de Rome from 1922 to 1924.

Louis Leschi was appointed a professor in high school in Algiers until 1932.

Louis Leschi was then associated to the research conducted by Eugene Albertini and gave classes in 1926 at the Faculty.

Louis Leschi succeeded him and Stephane Gsell, as a teacher at the Faculty of Algiers, but only as detached high school teacher, his lack of doctoral thesis preventing him to get the chair of the Faculty.

Louis Leschi died of illness in 1954 without being able to publish an expected account on ancient Numidia.

From 1923, Louis Leschi left many scientific articles on archeology and epigraphy, some of which were taken up in a posthumous volume published in 1957.

Louis Leschi wrote large public works and archaeological guides, including one devoted to the site of Cuicul.

Louis Leschi took part to the edition of the Albertini tablets.

Louis Leschi planned to publish a volume on the Byzantine fort.

Louis Leschi led the excavations in Lambaesis where he discovered the first Roman military camp.

Louis Leschi was one of the creators of the journal Libyca and contributed to the formation of many archaeologists including Pierre Salama.