Georges Roux
Georges Raymond Nicolas Albert Roux(French:[ʁu];November 16, 1914 – August 12, 1999) was a French writer, author of the popular history books about theAncient Near East,Ancient IraqandLa Mésopotamie.
Son of a French Army officer, Roux moved with his family to theMiddle Eastat the age of nine where he subsequently lived for 12 years inSyriaandLebanonbefore returning to France in 1935.[1][page needed]Roux was educated by Jesuits in Beirut and studied medicine at theUniversity of Paris,where he graduated in medicine in 1941 and later studied Oriental studies atÉcole pratique des hautes études.
In 1950 Roux became a medical officer for theIraq Petroleum Company(IPC), spending his first two years inQatarand the remainder in Iraq. During his time with the IPC the company produced the magazinesIraq PetroleumandThe Crescent,and Roux was commissioned to produce articles. Through the duration of 1956-1960, Roux published a series of articles,The Story of Ancient Iraq.They form the basis of his later books.[2]
After the14 July Revolutionof Iraq in 1958, Roux returned to Europe and headed the International medical department atGlaxoWellcome,retiring in 1980. In 1964, he published in EnglishAncient Iraq,a book covering the political, cultural, and socioeconomic history ofMesopotamia.[3][4]In 1985 he published a fuller French work,La Mésopotamie,but the English book's third edition, of 1992, has further enhancements.
Notable works[edit]
- Ancient Iraq(1964),ISBN014012523X;1992,ISBN978-0140125238
- La Mésopotamie(1997),ISBN9782020236362
References[edit]
- ^Ancient Iraq 1965
- ^Roux, Georges (1992). "Introduction".Ancient Iraq(3rd ed.). Penguin.ISBN9780140125238.
- ^"Ancient Iraq - Georges Roux".Penguin.co.uk. 1992-08-27. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-06-06.Retrieved2015-06-18.
- ^Harry Saggs."Georges Roux".Guardian.co.uk.Retrieved2015-06-18.
