Louis Carton

Louis Carton (born 16 June 1861 in Saint Omer, France ) was a French physician and archaeologist who was active in Tunisia.

He then joined the French army as a military doctor and was transferred to Tunisia in 1886.

He returned to France for a short time, and In 1902 he was employed in Sousse, where he again turned his attention to his archaeological interests.

He founded the Société archéologique de Sousse, studied the catacombs of the ancient Hadrumetum and the sanctuary of the Tanit in El Kenissia.

In 1904 he moved to La Goulette, a suburb of Tunis, from where he devoted himself to archaeological researches in Carthage.