Robert du Mesnil du Buisson
French soldier & archaeologist (1895-1986) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Count Robert du Mesnil du Buisson (9 April 1895, Champobert, Bourges – 8 April 1986, Caen) was a French historian, soldier, and archeologist. He was noted for his early use of geophysical survey for archaeology.[1][2][3] He was the son of Auguste, comte du Mesnil du Buisson and Berthe Roussel de Courcy, and married Jeanne Leclerc de Pulligny on 26 June 1923.[4] He was the nephew of the geologist Geoffroy d'Ault du Mesnil.[5] He named one of his daughters Ita after the Sphinx found at Ita (in Qatna).[6]