Henri de Contenson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henri de Contenson

French archaeologist

Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1926

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 08-Sep-2019

Profession: prehistorian, Near Eastern archaeologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Henri de Contenson

  • Henri de Contenson (4 March 1926 – 8 September 2019) was a French archaeologist and was the Research Director at the CNRS, The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research), a research organization funded by France's Ministry of Research. He was born in Paris in March 1926.
  • A student of André Parrot, Raymond Lantier and André Leroi-Gourhan, he was Assistant Director of archaeological digs in the Middle East from 1951 to 1976.
  • The results of his work are documented in numerous publications.
  • He died in September 2019 at the age of 93.

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