René Dussaud was a French Orientalist, archaeologist, and epigrapher. Among his major works are studies on the religion of the Hittites, the Hurrians, the Phoenicians and the Syriacs. He became curator of the Department of Near Eastern Antiquities at the Louvre Museum and a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. One notable student was pioneering Jewish archaeologist Judith Marquet-Krause.
- Occupation
- orientalist, archaeologist, curator, university teacher
- Position held
- Perpetual Secretary of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, chairperson
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- December 24, 1868, 1868