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Lucien Febvre

1878 - 1956

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Lucien Paul Victor Febvre ( FEV-rə; French: [lysjɛ̃ pɔl viktɔʁ fɛvʁ]; 22 July 1878 – 11 September 1956) was a French historian best known for the role he played in establishing the Annales School of history. He was the initial editor of the Encyclopédie française together with Anatole de Monzie. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucien Febvre is the 47th most popular historian (down from 41st in 2019), the 679th most popular biography from France (down from 615th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Historian.

Lucien Febvre is most famous for being one of the founders of the Annales School, which is a group of historians who study long-term trends rather than individual events.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Lucien Febvre ranks 47 out of 561. Before him are Adam of Bremen, Ali ibn al-Athir, Marcus Velleius Paterculus, Erwin Panofsky, Al-Baladhuri, and Socrates of Constantinople. After him are François Guizot, Yuval Noah Harari, Samuel von Pufendorf, Niketas Choniates, Poggio Bracciolini, and Aby Warburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Lucien Febvre ranks 14. Before him are Werner von Blomberg, Manuel L. Quezon, Pancho Villa, André Citroën, Alfred Döblin, and Robert Walser. After him are Pyotr Wrangel, Ferenc Molnár, Paul Reynaud, Maurice René Fréchet, Ernest King, and Milan Nedić. Among people deceased in 1956, Lucien Febvre ranks 16. Before him are Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Emil Nolde, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Robert Walser, and Bela Lugosi. After him are Risto Ryti, Konstantin Päts, A. A. Milne, Alfred Kinsey, Bolesław Bierut, and Reinhold Glière.

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In France

Among people born in France, Lucien Febvre ranks 679 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753), Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786), Frontinus (30), Alfred Jarry (1873), Eugène Boudin (1824), and Chlodomer (495). After him are Jean Nicot (1530), Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus (-90), Robert Hossein (1927), Paul Bocuse (1926), Marin Marais (1656), and Jean Jaurès (1859).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Lucien Febvre ranks 7. Before him are Tacitus (54), Alexis de Tocqueville (1805), Fernand Braudel (1902), Marc Bloch (1886), Hippolyte Taine (1828), and Jacques Le Goff (1924). After him are François Guizot (1787), Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Gaston Maspero (1846), Georges Duby (1919), and Emmanuel Todd (1951).

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