Edmond Saglio

Edmond Saglio (9 June 1828 in Paris – 7 December 1911) was a French archaeologist. He was son-in-law to journalist Édouard Charton (1807-1890).^[1]

Edmond Saglio (1828-1911)

From 1871 to 1893, he worked as a curator at the Louvre, followed by a directorship at the Musée de Cluny (1893-1903).^[2] In 1887 he became a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.^[3]

With medical historian Charles Victor Daremberg (1817-1872), he was editor of the 10-volume Dictionnaire des Antiquités Grecques et Romaines.^[4][5]

Works about Edmond Saglio

• "Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Edmond Saglio lue dans la séance du 16 mai 1913" by Ulysse Chevalier, Paris : Firmin Didot, 1913.
• "Notice nécrologique sur Edmond Saglio, membre de l'Institut, membre honoraire de la Société nationale des antiquaires de France (1828-1911)" by Maurice Roy, Nogent-le-Rotrou : Imprimerie Daupeley-Gouverneur, 1926.^[6][7]