Charles Bémont

“ But even this error benefited science; some well directed excavations at Alaise brought many Roman remains to light, which were subsequently sent to enrich the museum at Besançon. After 1871, his course of lectures on diplomacy having been given up, Quicherat, still professor of archaeology, was nominated director of the École des Chartes. He filled this post with the same energy which he had shown in the many scientific commissions in which he had taken part. In 1878 he gave up his duties as professor, which then fell to the most conspicuous of his pupils, Robert de Lasteyrie. ”

“ Note should be made of a short treatise on La Formation française des anciens noms de lieu (1867) ; a memoir De l'ogive et de l'architecture dite ogivale (18 50) , where he gives his theory on the use of stone arches important for the history of religious architecture ”