Jean-Paul Roux | |
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| Born | 5 January 1925 |
| Died | 29 June 2009 (aged 84) Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France |
| Alma mater | École du Louvre University of Paris École pratique des hautes études Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales |
| Occupations | Anthropologist, ethnologist, historian, historian of religion, Turkologist |
Jean-Paul Roux, PhD (5 January 1925 –29 June 2009) was a French Turkologist, specialist in Islamic culture and an Armenian genocide denier. [1]
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He was a graduate of the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, the École du Louvre, and the École Pratique des Hautes Études. In 1966 he was awarded a doctorate in literature in Paris. He was director of research at CNRS from 1957 to 1970, the Science Secretary for the Department of Oriental Languages and Civilizations from 1960 to 1966, and a teacher of Islamic art at the École du Louvre. He was General Commissioner for the Islamic Arts at the Orangerie de Tuileries in 1971 and also at the Grand Palais in 1977. Jean-Paul Roux's Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire (2003) has been described as an "admirable short introduction" by historian David Morgan. [2]
Jean Paul Roux’s works encompass subjects such as Islam and Islamic Art, Turkish and Mongol History, the History of Religions, Mythologies, and Symbols. The Turkish government honored him with the State Award in 1973. In 1998, he was also awarded the TÜTAV Prize and the Liakat Medal. [3]
