Parro, Andre

Andre Parro (February 15, 1901, Desandin, Du - August 24, 1980, Paris) - French archeologist, teacher and museum worker.

Born into the family of a Lutheran pastor, he studied Protestant theology at the Sorbonne and at the Faculty of Protestant Theology in Paris, receiving a position as a Lutheran pastor at the end. He also studied the history of art at the School of the Louvre and in 1926-1927 was a member of École Biblique .

The archeology of the Middle East began to be interested in the mid-1920s. Participated in the excavations at Neyrab (Syria) (1926–1927), at Bibl (Lebanon) (1928), led the excavations at Baalbek (1927–1928), was appointed deputy head of the excavations of Tello (1930) and then their leader (1931— 1933), then headed the excavations in Lars (Iraq) (1933), and then in Mari (Syria) from the same 1933 (engaged in excavations in this place, with interruptions, until 1968). In 1937–1949 he taught Hebrew and Hebrew literature, in 1950–1955 he studied the history of religions at the Faculty of Protestant Theology in Paris, from 1937 he was also a professor of Middle Eastern archeology and general history of art at the Louvre School, and also an assistant curator of the National Museum. In 1946 he was appointed chief curator of the Louvre in the directions of Middle Eastern antiquities and Islamic art. In 1958, he became general secretary of the government commission on archaeological excavations. He was the first director of the Louvre Museum from 1958 to 1962 and then from 1968.

Collaborated in Syria magazines (since 1942) and Revue d'assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale . He was a member of the Academy of Labels and Fine Literature, Institutum archeologicum germanicum (Frankfurt am Main) (1953), the British Academy (1962), honorary doctor of Utrecht University (1961). He was awarded several orders, including the Order of the Legion of Honor. During his life, he published almost 500 scientific papers, including: “Mari. Une ville perdue ... .. ”(4th edition, Paris, 1948); “Archéologie mésopotamienne” (vols. 1-2, Paris, 1946-1953); Ziggurats et tour de Babel (Paris, 1949); Sumer (Paris, 1960); Assur (Paris, 1961).