Louis Joseph Delaporte

Louis Joseph Delaporte, often known as Louis Delaporte (22 October 1874 – February 1944) was a French archaeologist and Hittitologist.^[1]

Louis Joseph Delaporte
Born	22 October 1874 Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët, France
Died	February 1944 Wohlau (Belgern-Schildau) [de], Silesia
Academic work
Discipline	archaeology
Sub-discipline	Hittitology
Notable works	Mesopotamia : the Babylonian and Assyrian civilization

Louis Delaporte was born in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët. He died in Wohlau (Belgern-Schildau) [de] prison in Silesia in February 1944.^[1]

Works

• Mesopotamia : the Babylonian and Assyrian civilization. Translated by V. Gordon Childe. 1925.
• Les Hittites (Paris: Renaissance du Livre, 1936).