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Gustave Lanson

1857 - 1934

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Gustave Lanson (French pronunciation: [ɡystav lɑ̃sɔ̃]; 5 August 1857 – 15 December 1934) was a French historian and literary critic. He taught at the Sorbonne and the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. A dominant figure in French literary criticism, he influenced several generations of writers and critics through his teachings, which were anti-systematic and promoted a scrupulous and erudite approach to texts via extensive firsthand research, inventorying, and in-depth historical investigation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustave Lanson is the 302nd most popular historian (down from 237th in 2019), the 3,583rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,175th in 2019) and the 41st most popular French Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Gustave Lanson ranks 302 out of 561. Before him are Lyubomir Miletich, Gerald of Wales, Vardan Areveltsi, Ubbo Emmius, Marc Ferro, and Tom Segev. After him are Efraim Zuroff, Paul Kennedy, Gerda Lerner, Filippo Baldinucci, Charles Barbier de Meynard, and Émile Mâle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Gustave Lanson ranks 89. Before him are Louis Dollo, Anita Augspurg, Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt, Gunnar Heiberg, Filippo Turati, and Joseph Larmor. After him are Friedrich von Ingenohl, Henry Dudeney, Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, Gabriela Zapolska, Otto Stapf, and Shibli Nomani. Among people deceased in 1934, Gustave Lanson ranks 96. Before him are Alfred Bruneau, Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, Edgar Jung, Gertrude Käsebier, Jules Renkin, and Karl von Einem. After him are Alimardan Topchubashov, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Ivy Lee, Giovanni Brunero, Kim Sowol, and Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gustave Lanson ranks 3,583 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury (1914), Alex Thépot (1906), Max Gallo (1932), Roger Vailland (1907), Pierre Fresnay (1897), and Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem (1839). After him are Claudius Salmasius (1588), Jean Rostand (1894), Elisabeth Abegg (1882), Duchess Sabine of Württemberg (1549), Jean Baptiste Boisduval (1799), and Paulette Dubost (1910).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Gustave Lanson ranks 41. Before him are Maxime Rodinson (1915), Claude Cahen (1909), Georges Lefebvre (1874), Gustave Schlumberger (1844), Stéphane Courtois (1947), and Marc Ferro (1924). After 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).

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