Henri de Contenson

Henri de Contenson (4 March 1926 – 8 September 2019) was a French archaeologist. He 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. He was Assistant Director of archaeological digs in the Middle East from 1951 to 1976. 
de Contenson died in Paris on 8 September 2019 at the age of 93.