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Henri Grégoire

1881 - 1964

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Henri Grégoire (French: [ɑ̃ʁi ɡʁeɡwaʁ]; Huy, Belgium, 21 March 1881 – 28 September 1964, Brussels, Belgium) was an eminent scholar of the Byzantine Empire, virtually the founder of Byzantine studies in Belgium. Grégoire spent most of his teaching career at the Université libre de Bruxelles. In 1904, he contributed to the Report of the Commission of Enquiry sent to investigate atrocities in the Congo Free State In 1918, during the German occupation of Belgium during World War I, he co-founded an underground newspaper entitled Le Flambeau with Anatol Mühlstein and Oscar Grosjean which continued publishing throughout the interwar years. In 1938, he taught at the New School for Social Research and during the Second World War, joined the École libre des hautes études at the New School. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Grégoire is the 423rd most popular historian (down from 356th in 2019), the 658th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 563rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Henri Grégoire ranks 423 out of 561. Before him are Stephen Greenblatt, Boris Chicherin, Chimalpahin, Catharine Macaulay, Mary Ritter Beard, and Andreas Alföldi. After him are Isabella Bashmakova, Anton Heinrich Springer, Alain Daniélou, Stephen E. Ambrose, Ilya Berezin, and Albrecht Weber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Henri Grégoire ranks 183. Before him are Eugen Bolz, Jess Willard, Jim Bellamy, Smedley Butler, Abram Deborin, and Eetje Sol. After him are Mordecai Kaplan, Louella Parsons, Ludwik Rajchman, George Finnegan, Ricardo Samper, and Walter Krueger. Among people deceased in 1964, Henri Grégoire ranks 151. Before him are Clive Bell, John Eke, Ville Pörhölä, Hans Moser, Peter Romanovsky, and Pentti Eskola. After him are Maithili Sharan Gupt, Arpenik Nalbandyan, Paul Weinstein, Sakari Tuomioja, Steponas Kairys, and Cecília Meireles.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Henri Grégoire ranks 658 out of 1,190. Before him are Simon Leys (1935), Paul de Smet de Naeyer (1843), Gotye (1980), Jacques Beurlet (1944), Patrick Nève (1949), and Ferdinand Adams (1903). After him are Léopold Anoul (1922), Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930), Laurent Grimmonprez (1902), Frank Odberg (1879), Paul van Ostaijen (1896), and Jean Thissen (1946).

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Among HISTORIANS In Belgium

Among historians born in Belgium, Henri Grégoire ranks 3. Before him are Henri Pirenne (1862), and Julien Ries (1920).

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