Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: paris - relatives: francois maspero , grandson - birth name: gaston camille charles maspero - death date: 30 june 1916 - children: henri maspero - birth date: 23 june 1846 - image: gaston maspero.jpg - birth place: paris - occupation: egyptology Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gaston maspero .
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gaston camille charles maspero -lrb- june 23 , 1846 -- june 30 , 1916 -rrb- was a french egyptologist , who popularized the term '' sea peoples '' in an 1881 paper .his son henri maspero , became a notable sinologist and scholar of east asia .