Jacques Boucher De Crevecoeur De Perthes

Place: Rethel

Born: 1788

Death: 1868

Biography:

Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes was a French archaeologist and antiquary notable for his discovery, in about 1830, of flint tools in the gravels of the Somme valley. He is considered one of the founding fathers of prehistory.