André Clot

André Clot (9 November 1909 – 15 November 2002) was a French historian and essayist.

Clot worked from 1936 to 1942 for the news agency Agence Havas, from 1943 to 1945 for Radio-Brazzaville and finally from 1945 up to his superannuation for the Agence France-Presse.

He lived for many years in Turkey and the countries of the Near and Middle East and was expert on Islam.

He published books about the history and culture of Islamic countries. Provided by Wikipedia