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Ernest Lavisse

1842 - 1922

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Ernest Lavisse (French: [lavis]; 17 December 1842 – 18 August 1922) was a French historian. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times. Lavisse is also known for being one of the main creator of the roman national ("National myth", lit. "national novel"), thanks to his history schoolbooks. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Lavisse is the 345th most popular historian (up from 354th in 2019), the 3,902nd most popular biography from France (up from 4,057th in 2019) and the 48th most popular French Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ernest Lavisse ranks 345 out of 561. Before him are Henrik Gabriel Porthan, Robert Darnton, Donald Keene, Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, Andrea Riccardi, and Bobojon Ghafurov. After him are Philip K. Hitti, Richard N. Frye, Ernest Fenollosa, Serhii Plokhy, Arno Peters, and Jérôme Carcopino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Ernest Lavisse ranks 75. Before him are Berthold Delbrück, Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau, Heinrich Martin Weber, Nikolay Mikhaylovsky, Hugo Egmont Hørring, and Mahadev Govind Ranade. After him are Infante João, Duke of Beja, Georg Friedrich Knapp, Benoît-Constant Coquelin, Carl Theodore Liebermann, Ferdinand Keller, and Stefanos Dragoumis. Among people deceased in 1922, Ernest Lavisse ranks 94. Before him are Patrick Manson, Iwan Bloch, William Stewart Halsted, John Munro Longyear, Louis Duchesne, and James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce. After him are Henry Bataille, Max von Hausen, Hannes Hafstein, Otto Lehmann, Jorge Montt, and Louis-Antoine Ranvier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ernest Lavisse ranks 3,902 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Jobier (1879), Maurice Scève (1501), Pierre André de Suffren (1729), Jean Mouton (1459), Jeanne Jugan (1792), and Esther Duflo (1972). After him are Daniel Duval (1944), Marcel Cachin (1869), Eddy Mitchell (1942), Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (1957), Georges Mouton (1770), and Cerrone (1952).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Ernest Lavisse ranks 48. Before him are Émile Mâle (1862), Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (1674), Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930), Élisabeth Roudinesco (1944), Jean Delumeau (1923), and Joseph-François Michaud (1767). After him are Jérôme Carcopino (1881), Léon Gautier (1832), Ernest Labrousse (1895), Hugo Falcandus (1200), Marc Fumaroli (1932), and Pierre Chaunu (1923).

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