Colette Picard

Colette Picard
Born
Colette Durand

(1913-10-30)30 October 1913
Died11 October 1999(1999-10-11) (aged 85)
Occupation(s)Historian
Archaeologist
SpouseGilbert Charles-Picard
ChildrenOlivier Picard

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.[1]

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.