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Alain Besançon

1932 - 2023

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Alain Besançon (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ bəzɑ̃sɔ̃]; 25 April 1932 – 9 July 2023) was a French historian. He specialised in intellectual history and Russian politics. From 1965 to 1992 he was director of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris.: 98  He was elected to the Académie des sciences morales et politiques of the Institut de France in 1996. His book L'Image interdite, une histoire intellectuelle de l'iconoclasme (1994) was translated into English as The Forbidden Image: An Intellectual History of Iconoclasm in 2000 and published by the University of Chicago Press. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alain Besançon is the 454th most popular historian (down from 332nd in 2019), the 4,643rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,871st in 2019) and the 57th most popular French Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Alain Besançon ranks 454 out of 561. Before him are Martin Gilbert, John King Fairbank, Martin Noth, Américo Castro, Girolamo Mei, and Hermann Oldenberg. After him are Helene Ahrweiler, Lawrence Stone, David Marshall Lang, Michael Aris, Charles Homer Haskins, and Mary Beard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Alain Besançon ranks 378. Before him are Vasili Kuznetsov, Cesare Perdisa, Paul Anderson, Bronius Kutavičius, Casey Kasem, and John Lyons. After him are John Flynn, Lewis Binford, Sándor Mátrai, Ramón Tapia, István Bilek, and Milunka Lazarević. Among people deceased in 2023, Alain Besançon ranks 404. Before him are Jimmy Buffett, Nicolae Neagoe, Jaak Lipso, Miiko Taka, Mikio Aoki, and Mudar Badran. After him are Anita Thallaug, Chuck Feeney, Atsushi Sakurai, Mary L. Cleave, Vera Vasilyeva, and Lise Nørgaard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Besançon ranks 4,643 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Bosco (1888), Yves Coppens (1934), Karin Viard (1966), Paul Bontemps (1902), Jean Broc (1771), and Hubert Védrine (1947). After him are Jean Collas (1874), Robert Mouynet (1930), Birinus (600), Bernard Clavel (1923), Robert of Torigni (1100), and Michel Bonnevie (1921).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Alain Besançon ranks 57. Before him are Ernest Labrousse (1895), Hugo Falcandus (1200), Marc Fumaroli (1932), Pierre Chaunu (1923), Dudo of Saint-Quentin (960), and Alain Daniélou (1907). After him are René Rémond (1918), Michelle Perrot (1928), Jacques Barzun (1907), and Rémi Mathis (1982).

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