About Colette Picard
Lived 1913 – 1999 (aged 85). Colette Picard was a French historian and archaeologist.
Colette Picard (née Durand) (1913 – 11 October 1999, Versailles) was a French archaeologist and historian. As curator of the archaeological site of Carthage, she led excavations on the hill of Byrsa in 1947.
Married to historian Gilbert Charles-Picard, Colette Picard was the mother of Hellenist Olivier Picard, former director of the École française d'Athènes and a member of the Institut de France.
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Who was Colette Picard?
French historian
When was Colette Picard born?
Colette Picard was born on 30 October 1913 in Paris.
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Colette Picard died on 11 October 1999 in Versailles.
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Colette Picard was a historian and archaeologist.
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Colette Picard was French.
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