Franz Cumont
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Franz-Valéry-Marie Cumont (3 January 1868 in Aalst, Belgium – 20 August 1947 in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre near Brussels) was a Belgian archaeologist and historian, a philologist and student of epigraphy, who brought these often isolated specialties to bear on the syncretic mystery religions of Late Antiquity, notably Mithraism.
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Born | (1868-01-03)3 January 1868 |
Died | 20 August 1947(1947-08-20) (aged 79) |
Nationality | Belgian |
Alma mater | University of Ghent |
Awards | Francqui Prize (1936) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | archeology |
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