Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes
French archaeologist
Died when: 79 years 330 days (958 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (French pronunciation: ?[?ak bu?e d(?) k??vkœ? d? p??t]; 10 September 1788 – 5 August 1868), sometimes referred to as Boucher de Perthes (British English: /?bu??e? d? 'p??rt/ BOO-shay d?
PAIRT), was a French archaeologist and antiquary notable for his discovery, in about 1830, of flint tools in the gravels of the Somme valley.
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