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{{Short description|French archaeologist (1860–1928)}}
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|birth_place   = [[St.-Germain-en-Laye]], [[France]]
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|death_place   = [[Paris|Paris, France]]
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|education = [[Lycée Condorcet]], [[École pratique des hautes études|Ecole des Hautes Etudes]], [[Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris|Ecole des Sciences Politiques]]
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|occupation = [[Archaeologist]], [[mathematician]], [[lawyer]], [[Papyrology|papyrologist]] [[Philology|philologist]], [[epigraphy|epigrapher]], [[historian]], [[Numismatics|numismatist]], [[Musicology|musicologist]], [[professor]], [[politician]]
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|party         = [[Bloc des gauches]]
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|boards  = [[Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres]]
|spouse = (1) Charlotte Marie Evelyne Hirsch (1863–1889)<br>(2) Fanny Thérèse Kann (1870–1917)
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|children = By Charlotte:<br>Hélène, Gabrielle<br><br>By Fanny:<br>Julien, Léon, Paul, Olivier
|parents = Hermann-Joseph Reinach and Julie Büding
|relations = Siblings: [[Joseph Reinach|Joseph]], [[Salomon Reinach|Salomon]]
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'''Théodore Reinach''' (3 July 1860{{snd}}28 October 1928) was a French [[archaeologist]], [[mathematician]], [[lawyer]], [[Papyrology|papyrologist]], [[Philology|philologist]], [[epigraphy|epigrapher]], [[historian]], [[Numismatics|numismatist]], [[Musicology|musicologist]], [[professor]], and [[politician]].

==Academic career==

Educated at the [[Lycée Condorcet]], [[École pratique des hautes études|Ecole des Hautes Etudes]], [[Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris|Ecole des Sciences Politiques]], Reinach had a brilliant career as a scholar and was called to the [[Paris]]ian bar where he practised from 1881 to 1886 but eventually devoted himself to the study of [[numismatics]].<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Reinach, Joseph|display=Reinach, Joseph s.v. Théodore Reinach|volume=23|page=55}}</ref>  He became chair in ancient [[numismatics]] at the [[Collège de France]] and was a director of various journals. In 1916, he was awarded the [[medal of the Royal Numismatic Society]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://numismatics.org.uk/medals-honorary-fellowship-prizes/the-societys-medal/|title = The Society's Medal|date = 23 May 2014}}</ref> and in 1917, during [[World War I]], he worked on assignment in the United States.

He wrote important works on the ancient kingdoms of [[Asia Minor]]: {{Lang|fr|Trois royaumes de l'Asie Mineure, Cappadoce, Bithynie, Pont}} (1888), {{Lang|fr|Mithridate Eupator}} (1890);<ref>{{cite journal|author=Tilley, Arthur|author-link=Arthur Augustus Tilley|title=Review of ''Mithridate Eupator'' by Théodore Reinach|journal=The English Historical Review|date=October 1892|volume=7|pages=744–746|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044021003413;view=1up;seq=752}}</ref> {{Lang|fr|Numismatique Ancienne: Trois Royaumes De L'asie Mineure, Cappadoce–Bithynie–Pont}} (Paris), and also a critical edition and translation with [[Henri Weil]] of [[Plutarch]]'s ''Treatise on Music''; and an {{Lang|fr|Histoire des Israélites depuis la ruine de leur indépendance nationale jusqu'à nos jours}} (2nd ed., 1901).<ref name="EB1911"/>

From 1888 to 1897 Théodore Reinach edited the {{Lang|fr|Revue des études grecques}}''.''<ref name="EB1911"/>

He received an [[Honorary doctorate|honorary]] [[Doctor of Letters|Doctorate of Letters]] (D.Litt.) from the [[University of Dublin]] in June 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=University intelligence |date=2 June 1902 |page=9 |issue=36783| }}</ref>

Théodore Reinach was president of the French association of musicologists [[Société française de musicologie]] in 1928.<ref>{{Cite web |title=La SFM en quelques dates: présidée par les musicologue suivants |url=http://sfmusicologie.fr/historique |access-date=2021-07-15 |website=sfmusicologie.fr}}</ref>

==Family and Villa Kerylos==
In 1886, Reinach married Charlotte Marie Evelyne Hirsch. They had two daughters but she died at age twenty-six in 1889. Reinach married a second time in 1891 to Fanny Kann, a daughter of Maximilien Kann and Betty [[Ephrussi family|Ephrussi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gw.geneanet.org/alanguggenheim?lang=en&n=ephrussi&oc=0&p=betty|title=Family tree of Betty Ephrussi|website=Geneanet|language=en|access-date=2018-08-07}}</ref> They made their home in a chateau at [[La Motte-Servolex]] in the [[Savoie]] [[Departments of France|department]] in southeastern France. As a resident there, Reinach was elected to the [[Chamber of Deputies of France]] as a member of the [[Bloc des gauches]], serving from 1906 to 1914.

The Reinachs spent time on the [[French Riviera]] and in 1902 hired the architect [[Emmanuel Pontremoli]] to design a villa at [[Beaulieu-sur-Mer]]. Completed in 1908 the [[Greece|Greek]]-style property was named [[Villa Kerylos]].

Fanny Reinach died in 1917 and Theodore in 1928. He was a member of the [[Institut de France]] and on his death he bequeathed the Villa Kerylos to the Institut.

Reinach's son, Léon (1893–1943), became the keeper of the archives at Villa Kerylos.<ref>{{Cite web |last=CMN |title=Théodore Reinach, un savant humaniste - CMN |url=https://www.villakerylos.fr/decouvrir/theodore-reinach-un-savant-humaniste |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=www.villakerylos.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Inscriptions |first=Académie des |title=Alain PASQUIER - Au temps de Léon Reinach, XXVII Colloque de la villa kérylos le 7 et 8 octobre 2016 |date=2017-01-27 |url=https://vimeo.com/201261657 |access-date=2023-11-13}}</ref>  [[Léon Reinach]] was married to [[Béatrice de Camondo]] with whom he had two children. Following the [[German occupation of France during World War II]], the Villa was seized by the [[Nazi]]s and Léon and Béatrice Reinach and their two children were sent to [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] where they were [[murder]]ed.

After the War, other of the Reinach children and grandchildren continued to live there until 1967. Today, the Villa Kerylos is a museum open to the public.

Fanny Reinach's mother was a member of the [[Ephrussi family]] whose great-uncle [[Maurice Ephrussi|Maurice]] was married to [[Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild|Béatrice de Rothschild]]. Inspired by the beauty of the Reinach's Villa Grecque Kérylos and the area, nearby they built [[Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.villa-kerylos.com/en/kerylos/519-the_dream_of_two_great_enthusiasts_for_ancient_greece/ |title=Architect Emmanuel Pontremoli - Greek Villa Kerylos : A French Riviera Palazzo |accessdate=2008-11-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081115193803/http://www.villa-kerylos.com/en/kerylos/519-the_dream_of_two_great_enthusiasts_for_ancient_greece/ |archivedate=2008-11-15 }}</ref>

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===Sources===
*[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=199&letter=R Théodore Reinach at the Jewish Encyclopedia.com]

==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Théodore Reinach |sopt=t}}

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