Caylus, ANNE CLAUDE PHILIPPE DE TUBÈRES

Caylus, ANNE CLAUDE PHILIPPE DE TUBÈRES, COMTE DE, archaeologist, was born in Paris in 1692. After serving in the Spanish War of Succession, he travelled in Greece and the East, returning to Paris in 1717 to devote himself to the study of antiquities, and the promotion of the fine arts. If his industry sometimes outran his intelligence, it is still true that he did vast service to archaeology. He died at Paris in 1765. His chief work is his Recueil d'Antiquités égyptiennes, étrusques, grecques, romaines, et gauloises (7 vols. 1752–67). His copperplate engravings have had a longer life than his stories of Eastern life.