Hélène d'Almeida-Topor (2 October 1932 – 1 August 2020) was a French historian and university professor of contemporary history.
[1] Her father, Abram Topor, was a French artist of Polish origin who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.
Earning an agrégation in history and geography in 1959,[2] d'Almeida-Topor taught in Porto-Novo, Benin from 1960 to 1970.
In 1987, d'Almeida-Topor defended a thesis titled "Histoire économique du Dahomey (1890-1920)" at Paris-Sorbonne University under the supervision of Jean Ganiage.
Hélène d'Almeida-Topor died on 1 August 2020 at the age of 87.