12024-12-05T13:55:33-05:00Note - Georges Picot2plain2024-12-05T13:57:11-05:00Georges Picot (1838-1900) was a French lawyer and historian who served as president of the French Anti-Slavery Society. He was the father of François Georges-Picot, who negotiated the Sykes-Picot agreement through which France and Britain divided the Ottoman Empire after the First World War. Learn more about Georges Picot.