Charles Texier

Félix Marie Charles Texier (22 August 1802, Versailles – 1 July 1871, Paris) was a French historian, architect and archaeologist.

Texier published a number of significant works involving personal travels throughout Asia Minor and the Middle East.

Trained as an architect at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he was appointed inspector of public works in 1827.

[2][3] As a result of the expedition, he published the three-volume Description de l'Asie Mineure faite par ordre du Gouvernement français.

[4] In 1840, he became deputy professor of archaeology at the Collège de France, and in 1845 relocated to Algeria as inspector general of public buildings.