Charles Fossey

Charles Fossey (* 1869 in Cambrai, † November 27, 1946 in Monte Carlo ) was a French Assyriologist.

Fossey studied from 1891 to 1894 at the École normale supérieure Classical Studies. He then became a member of the École française d' Athènes. 1898-99 he was at the Institut français d' archéologie orientale in Cairo active. Since 1899 he taught at the École pratique Assyriology des hautes études, since 1907 as Directeur d' Etudes. As the successor of Julius Oppert he was in 1906 Professor of Assyriology at the Collège de France in Paris and taught until his retirement in 1939.

Publications (selection)

• With Jean -Vincent Scheil: Grammaire assyrienne, Paris 1901
• La Magie assyrienne, Paris 1902
• Manuel d' Assyriology, Vol 1-2, Paris 1904-1926
• Text Assyria Babylonia relatifs et à la divination, Paris 1905