Noël des Vergers, Joseph-Marin-Adolphe
Joseph-Marin-Adolphe Noël des Vergers (June 2, 1805 - January 2,1867) was a French classicist, historian, archaeologist, and Orientalist. His father was Marin Noël des Vergers (1759 - 1836), a prominent businessman and later député of the Yonne department under the July Monarchy. In his youth, the younger Noël became a research assistant of chemist Baron Louis Jacques Thénard (1777 - 1857) and travelled widely through Europe and the Middle East, learning Arabic sufficiently well to translate a book by the Mamluk-era scholar Abulfeda. During the July Monarchy (1830 - 1848), he was sent to Sicily to examine the history and archaeology of the island's Islamic period. Later, in the 1850s, he and Italian archaeologist Alessandro François discovered and excavated the remains of the Etruscan port of Populonia. His published works included additional translations from Arabic, a history of Arabia, several studies of the Etruscans, and works on Homer and Marcus Aurelius. Due to his importance for understanding Etruscan culture, Noël has been and remains better known in Italy than his native France.
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