Élie Berger (1850 in Beaucourt – 1925 in Paris) was a French palaeographer and archivist.
Graduated an archivist and palaeographer of the École Nationale des Chartes in 1876, Élie Berger was first a member of the École française de Rome from 1876 to 1880, then a custodian at the Archives nationales of France from 1880 to 1897, when he was elected to the chair of palaeography of the École des Chartes.[1] A Docteur ès lettres in 1895, he was elected a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1905.[2]
He was the brother of Philippe Berger and Paul Berger.
References
edit- ^ Obituary by Charles-Victor Langlois in Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes, 1925, (p. 230–232).
- ^ "Académiciens depuis 1663". aibl.fr..
External links
edit- Berger on data.bnf.fr
- Obituary by H.-François Delaborde on Persée
- Obituary by Charles-Victor Langlois on Persée
