Jules Toutain

Jules François Toutain (b. Vincennes, November 20, 1865 – d. Paris, January 18, 1961) was a French archeologist.

The son of the professor Henri Toutain, he studied at the Lycée Charlemagne before entering the École Normale Supérieure in 1885.

A professor at the École Normale Supérieure, Toutain was president of the Academy of Sciences in Semur and director of excavations in Alésia until 1958 ·  ·  · . In addition to the excavations at Alésia, his research was on the history of Roman Africa, in particular on the area of modern-day Tunisia, and on the history of religions in the Roman Empire, in which he opposed the theories of Franz Cumont.

Toutain died at the age of 95, in his apartment on the Rue du Four in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.