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WE regret to record the death of Dr. Emile Cartailhac on November 25 at Geneva, where he had just completed a course of lectures delivered at the invitation of the University. Emile Cartailhac was born at Camarès in 1844, and for more than fifty years had been one of the dominant figures in the study of prehistoric archaeology in France. His work in archaeology began when the discoveries of Boucher de Perthes were still the subject of controversy, and he threw himself with characteristic ardour into the discussion. He settled early at Toulouse, and founded there in 1866 à museum of human palaeontology. His success as a lecturer was immediate, and eventually led to his appointment as professor of prehistoric archaeology, the only appointment of the kind in France. From 1869 onward he edited the well-known publication, “Matériaux pour servir à l'Histoire primitive et naturelle de l'Homme,” with conspicuous ability; but his greatest contribution to prehistoric archæology was his synthetic study of the prehistory of France which appeared in 1889 under the title, “La France prehistorique d'apres les sepultures et les monuments.” This book, the first of its kind, has gone through numerous editions. Of his other writings, which were numerous, the most important were “Ages préhistoriques de l'Espagne et du Portugal,” the volume dealing with the rock paintings of Altamira in the series published under the auspices of the Prince of Monaco, written in conjunction with the Abbé Breuil, and the archæ-ological section of “Les Grottes de Grimaldi.”
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Dr. Emile Cartailhac. Nature 109, 147 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109147a0
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