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Also Known As Johannes Bollandus
Born August 18, 1596 • Brabant
Died September 12, 1665 (aged 69) • Antwerp • Belgium
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Hippolyte Delehaye
Belgian scholar
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St. Gregory of Tours
Frankish scholar
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Paul Sabatier
French historian
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Jacob van Maerlant
Dutch poet
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Hendrik Willem Van Loon
American historian and illustrator
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Fritz Fischer
German historian
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Alan Bullock
British historian
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François Furet
French historian
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
German philosopher
Portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli by Santi di Tito shows Machiavelli in black and red robes, holding a document, against a plain background.
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian statesman and writer
David Hume
David Hume
Scottish philosopher
Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault
French philosopher and historian
Thucydides manuscript
Thucydides
Greek historian
Ibn Khaldūn
Ibn Khaldūn
Muslim historian
Engraved portrait of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz with long curly hair, wearing a buttoned coat and cravat, facing forward.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German philosopher and mathematician
Tacitus
Tacitus
Roman historian
Xenophon, statue in front of the parliament building in Vienna.
Xenophon
Greek historian
Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon
British historian
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville
French historian and political writer
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
British essayist and historian

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