His indefatigable work as archivist in the time when Napoleon was transferring so many treasures to Paris won him the gratitude of later scholars .
In character , Daunou was reserved and somewhat austere , preserving in his habits a strange mixture of bourgeois and monk .
Daunou 's indefatigable work as archivist in the time when Napoleon was transferring so many treasures to Paris won him the gratitude of later scholars .
In character , Daunou was reserved and somewhat austere , preserving in his habits a strange mixture of bourgeois and monk .