Georges Perrot, a French archaeologist, born at Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, department of Seine-et-Oise, Nov. 12, 1832. He studied at the college Charlemagne, at the normal school, and from 1855 to 1858 at the French school in Athens. He was professor in various places till 1863, when he became connected with the lyceum Louis-le-Grand, where he was subsequently appointed titular professor of rhetoric. He explored Asia Minor in 1861, and spent some time at Ancyra in researches relating to the inscription on the temple erected there by the Galatians in honor of Augustus, known as the monument of Ancyra or the political testament of Augustus. In conjunction with the architect Edmond Guillaume and Jules Delbet, he published, under the auspices of the government, L'Exploration archeologique de la Gala-tie et de la Bithynie, d'une partie de la Mysie, de la Phrygie, de la Cappadoce 'et du Pont (2 vols., Paris, 1862-9). His other works comprise Souvenirs d'un voyage en Asie Mineure (1864); Memoire sur File de Thasos (1864; new ed., 1867); Vile de Crete (1866); De Galatia, Provincia Romana (1867); and Essai sur le droit public etprive de la republique athenienne (1867), which won a Montyon prize from the academy.

He has also translated in conjunction with Georges Harris the fourth edition of Max Mtiller's " Science of Language".