Henri Heim de Balsac

{{Short description|French zoologist (1899–1979)}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Henri Heim de Balsac

| birth_date = 1 January 1899

| death_date = 28 November 1979

| citizenship = French

| fields = Zoology

}}

Henri Heim de Balsac (1 January 1899 – 28 November 1979) was a French zoologist.

In 1937 Henri Heim de Balsac was awarded the Prix Savigny de l'Académie des sciences. In the following year, 1938, he was awarded the Prix Gadeau de Kerville de la Société zoologique de France and he became a Council Member of the Société zoologique de France in February, 1938. He became a Corresponding Member of the Hungarian Institute for Ornithology and he was also responsible for the foundation of l’Institut chérifien de recherche scientifique (Maroc):fr:Institut scientifique de Rabat.

Henri Heim de Balsac worked on ethology (l’écoéthologie des Campagnols des champs), biological indicators, hydrobiology and the Chiroptera of France.

He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie :fr:Alauda, Revue internationale d'Ornithologie with its founder Paul Paris and Louis Lavauden, Noël Mayaud, Jacques de Chavigny, Henri Jouard, Jacques Delamain and Paul Poty.