Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist, historian, and author (died 1870)

Prosper Mérimée

French writer, archaeologist and historian (1803–1870)

Prosper Mérimée was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an important figure in the history of architectural preservation. He is best known for his…