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Jean Delumeau

1923 - 2020

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Jean Léon Marie Delumeau (18 June 1923 – 13 January 2020) was a French historian specializing in the history of the Catholic Church, and author of several books regarding the subject. He held the Chair of the History of Religious Mentalities (1975–1994) at the Collège de France (former emeritus professor) and was a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Delumeau is the 334th most popular historian (down from 298th in 2019), the 3,829th most popular biography from France (down from 3,556th in 2019) and the 46th most popular French Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Jean Delumeau ranks 334 out of 561. Before him are Ghazar Parpetsi, Al-Nuwayri, Johannes Meursius, A. J. P. Taylor, Élisabeth Roudinesco, and Mikhail Pogodin. After him are Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, İlber Ortaylı, Joseph-François Michaud, Patricia Crone, Henrik Gabriel Porthan, and Robert Darnton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Jean Delumeau ranks 234. Before him are Karl Vaino, Sam Francis, Aleksandra Chudina, Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg, Giuseppe Rotunno, and Grigory Romanov. After him are Victor Papanek, Jorge María Mejía, Joseph Colombo, Ioannis Grivas, Devan Nair, and Al Lewis. Among people deceased in 2020, Jean Delumeau ranks 331. Before him are Wojciech Pszoniak, Hédi Baccouche, Sven Wollter, Carlo Ubbiali, Renato Corti, and Ödön Földessy. After him are Taryn Power, Mirza Khazar, Ashley Cooper, Hamed Karoui, Ernesto Brambilla, and Juan Giménez.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Delumeau ranks 3,829 out of 6,770. Before him are Micheline Bernardini (1927), Mathé Altéry (1927), Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet (1831), Cécilia Attias (1957), Emmanuel Célestin Suhard (1874), and René David (1906). After him are Edmond Aman-Jean (1858), Benoît Fourneyron (1802), Antoine Bussy (1794), Jean de Brébeuf (1593), Alice Milliat (1884), and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Jean Delumeau ranks 46. Before him are Marc Ferro (1924), Gustave Lanson (1857), Émile Mâle (1862), Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (1674), Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930), and Élisabeth Roudinesco (1944). After him are Joseph-François Michaud (1767), Ernest Lavisse (1842), Jérôme Carcopino (1881), Léon Gautier (1832), Ernest Labrousse (1895), and Hugo Falcandus (1200).

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