François-Maurice Allotte de La Fuÿe


François-Maurice Allotte de La Fuÿe was a French military officer, archaeologist and numismatist.
From 1863 to 1865 he was a student at the École Polytechnique in Paris and afterwards was associated with the École impériale d’application de l’artillerie et du génie in Metz. In 1886/87 he was in charge of construction of the military barracks at Tébessa, Algeria. Several years later, he was appointed commandant of the School of Engineering in Grenoble. From 1897 to 1904 he was a member of the French archaeological delegation in Persia.
From 1914 to 1936 he was a correspondent member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. In 1933 he was named president of the Société française de numismatique.

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