Louis Dupree | |
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| Born | August 23, 1925 Greenville, North Carolina |
| Died | March 21, 1989 (aged 63) Durham, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Spouse | Nancy Dupree (1966–1989; his death) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Harvard University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Archaeology and anthropology |
| Sub-discipline | Afghan culture and history |
| Notable works | Afghanistan |
| Website | Professor Louis Duprée |
Louis Dupree (August 23, 1925 – March 21, 1989) was an American archaeologist, anthropologist, and scholar of Afghan culture and history. He was the husband of Nancy Hatch Dupree, who was the Board Director of the Afghanistan Center at Kabul University in Afghanistan and the author of five books about Afghanistan. The husband and wife team from the United States worked together for 15 years in Kabul, collecting as many works written about Afghanistan as they could. They travelled across the country from 1962 until the 1979 Soviet intervention, conducting archaeological excavations.