Charles Picard

Charles Picard ( born June 7, 1883 in Arnay -le- Duc ( Côte- d'Or ), † December 15, 1965 in Paris) was a French classical archaeologist.

Charles Picard studied after attending the Lycée in Poitiers since 1905 at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, which he completed in 1908 with the Agrégation. From 1909 to 1913 he was a member of the École française d' Athènes which he was general secretary 1913/14. After military service from 1914 to 1918 he was 1919/20, a lecturer in archeology at the University of Bordeaux, before he was from 1919 to 1925 director of the École française d' Athènes. From 1925 to 1927 he was Professor of Archaeology at the University of Lyon. At the University of Paris, he was from 1927 to 1934 professor of Greek history and 1934-1955 history of ancient art, to archéologie 1937 to 1961 director of the Institut d' art et d'. Since 1932 he was a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.

His son Gilbert Charles -Picard was also classical archaeologist, as well as his grandson Olivier Picard, who was also director of the École française d' Athènes 1981-1992. His daughter Yvonne Picard (1920-1943), philosopher and member of the Resistance, was murdered in Auschwitz.