Henri Édouard Prosper Breuil (28 February 1877 – 14 August 1961), often referred to as
Abbé Breuil, was a French
Catholic priest,
archaeologist,
anthropologist,
ethnologist and
geologist. He is noted for his studies of cave art in the
Somme and
Dordogne valleys as well as in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ireland, China with
Teilhard de Chardin,
Ethiopia,
British Somaliland, and especially Southern Africa.