What is Henri de Contenson?
[[image:Henri de contenson.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Henri de Contenson]] '''Henri de Contenson''' (4 March 1926 – 8 September 2019) was a [[French people|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.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kafafi |first1=Zeidan A. |title=Henri De Contenson's archaeological fieldwork in the eastern part of the Jordan valley: a re-evaluation |journal=Syria |volume=83 |pages=69–82 |date=2006|issue=83 |doi=10.4000/syria.170 |jstor=40649381 }}</ref> de Contenson died in Paris on 8 September 2019 at the age of 93.<ref>[https://www.libramemoria.com/defunts/de-contenson-henri/ff7f8c9583d4484495e9cd32905ff551 Comte Henri de CONTENSON]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Contenson, Henry}} [[Category:Scientists from Paris]] [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:French archaeologists]] {{bio-stub}}