David Henry French (30 May 1933 – 19 March 2017) was a British archaeologist known especially for his work in Asia Minor.
[3] He was one of the leading archaeologists of his generation and the 4th director of the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) (1968-1994).
In the field of epigraphy, David French initiated a major project: the investigation of Asia Minor milestones, resulting in an unprecedented mapping of the ancient routes in Anatolia and became an important reference work.
Although the project took many years of fieldwork, David French managed to record milestones and related inscriptions in all the Roman provinces of Anatolia west of the Euphrates.
After his death the book David French: A Life in Anatolian Archaeology was published in 2020.