(b Paris, Dec 25, 1780; d Paris, Aug 2, 1840). French architect. The son of an architect, he began his training at the Ecole de Dessin, Paris, and in the atelier of the painter Jacques-Louis David, who first directed his studies to Greek architecture. Huyot’s mentor in architecture was the leading Neo-classicist Antoine-François Peyre, in whose atelier at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts the historical views of Julien-David Le Roy further stimulated Huyot’s interest in architectural evolution. This is reflected in the work he did in Rome, as winner of the grand prix (Prix de Rome, 1807), notably a remarkable restoration of the Temple of Fortuna at Praeneste. In 1813 he was selected by Auguste, Comte de Forbin, for an archaeological mission in Greece, Asia Minor and Egypt, travels that extended for nearly a decade, and during which he provided plans for French hospitals at Smyrna (now Izmir) and Constantinople (now Istanbul). These researches formed the basis of his lectures in architectural history in the post created for him at the Ecole in ...