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Born July 22, 1878 • Nancy • France
Died September 27, 1956 (aged 78) • France
Founder “Annales: Histoire, Sciences Sociales” • Annales school
Awards And Honors Croix de Guerre
Notable Works “Histoire de la Franche-Comté” • “Philippe II et la Franche-Comte: etude d’histoire politique, religieuse et sociale”
Subjects Of Study Renaissance • France • Franche-Comté
The elevation of Marc Bloch to the Pantheon
Marc Bloch
French historian
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville
French historian and political writer
Lamartine, detail of an oil painting by François Gérard; in the Musée National de Versailles et des Trianons
Alphonse de Lamartine
French poet, historian, and statesman
Adolphe Thiers
Adolphe Thiers
French statesman and historian
Jules Michelet, detail of an oil painting by Thomas Couture; in the Carnavalet Museum, Paris.
Jules Michelet
French historian
François Guizot
François Guizot
French politician and historian
Barnave, Antoine
Antoine Barnave
French politician
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Jacques-Auguste de Thou
French statesman and historian
Ollivier, photograph by P. Petit; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Émile Ollivier
French statesman
Commynes, portrait drawing by Jacques Le Bouco, 16th century; in the Municipal Library Arras, Fr.
Philippe de Commynes
French statesman
Barante, Amable-Guillaume-Prosper Brugière, baron de
Amable-Guillaume-Prosper Brugière, baron de Barante
French statesman, historian, and author
Hanotaux, detail of an engraving by Dujardin after a portrait by Benjamin Constant
Gabriel Hanotaux
French statesman and historian
Louis Fréron.
Louis Fréron
French journalist
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Henri de Boulainvilliers, count de Saint-Saire
French historian
Bainville, 1936
Jacques Bainville
French writer and historian
Albert Thomas
Albert Thomas
French statesman
Anselm of Saint Mary, engraving by François Huret
Anselm Of Saint Mary
French genealogist
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Charles-Victor Langlois
French scholar
Gourgaud, lithograph by C. Chasselat, 1821
Gaspard Gourgaud
French historian
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Carlo Giuseppe Guglielmo Botta
French historian