Denys Lombard (1938 – January 8, 1998)[1] was a leading Asian expert with contributions to Southeast Asian studies, Sinology, and the history of maritime Asia.
He was famous for efforts to compare insular Southeast Asia and the Asian Seas to the Mediterranean area.
[2] His father was Maurice Lombard, Director of Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) in Paris[2] and colleague of Fernand Braudel.
[2] Lombard was the head of the Division des Aires Culturelles in the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and the director of the École Français d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) from 1993 to 1998.
[3] Lombard was married to another scholar of Asia, Claudine Salmon.