Jean-Philippe Priotti

The first comprehensive work on the cultural role of Boulogne-sur-Mer from the early nineteenth to the early twentieth century, on the networks that its leading figures forged with each other, and on the town's links with Paris and major foreign cities.

In the second half of nineteenth century, Ernest Hamy from Boulogne-sur-Mer played a key-role in France in the development of new disciplines such as Anthropology, Archaeology, History and Museology. His discoveries and his varied works and miscellaneous, marked his tie and their reputation well beyond national borders.