Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes Scientist

Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (10 September 1788 – 5 August 1868), sometimes referred to as Boucher de Perthes, was a French archaeologist and antiquary notable for his discovery, in about 1830, of flint tools in the gravels of the Somme valley.

Personal facts

Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes
Birth dateSeptember 10, 1788
Birth place
Ardennes , Rethel
Nationality
France
Date of deathAugust 05, 1868
Known for
Gravel
Stone tool

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Scientist

Field of study
Archaeology

Topical connections

Dorothy GarrodScientist
Christian Jürgensen ThomsenScientist
Désiré CharnayScientist
Anne Claude de CaylusScientist

Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/whiteg02.html
  2. http://books.google.com/books?id=Z68QAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Antiquites+Celtiques+Et+Antediluviennes#v=onepage&q=&f=false
  3. http://www.human-nature.com/reason/white/chap7.html