Henri Parmentier

Henri Parmentier (French: Henri Ernest Jean Parmentier) was a French architect, art historian and archaeologist. Parmentier became one of the first European specialists in the archaeology of Indochina. He has documented, depicted and preserved many Khmer, Cham and Lao monuments.

Henri Parmentier
Henri Parmentier in Angkor c.1930
Born
Henri Ernest Jean Parmentier

(1870-01-03)3 January 1870
Paris
Died22 February 1949(1949-02-22) (aged 79)
Phnom Penh
Alma materÉcole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
Spouse
(m. 1905)
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeology
InstitutionsÉcole française d'Extrême-Orient
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