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Pierre Chaunu

1923 - 2009

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Pierre Chaunu (French: [pjɛʁ ʃony]; 17 August 1923 – 22 October 2009) was a French historian. His specialty was Latin American history; he also studied French social and religious history of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. A leading figure in French quantitative history as the founder of "serial history", he was professor emeritus at Paris IV-Sorbonne, a member of the Institut de France, and a commander of the Légion d'Honneur. A convert to Protestantism from Roman Catholicism, he defended his far-right views most notably in a longtime column in Le Figaro and on Radio Courtoisie. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Chaunu is the 402nd most popular historian (down from 366th in 2019), the 4,320th most popular biography from France (down from 4,159th in 2019) and the 54th most popular French Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Pierre Chaunu ranks 402 out of 561. Before him are Florian Cajori, George Finlay, Michael Panaretos, Stanley G. Payne, Sirarpie Der Nersessian, and Marc Fumaroli. After him are Aleksey Shakhmatov, Friedrich Kittler, Ivan Charota, Eberhard Jäckel, Joseph Hergenröther, and Dudo of Saint-Quentin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Pierre Chaunu ranks 299. Before him are Primo Nebiolo, Ruth Williams Khama, Jim Reeves, Ferenc Sidó, William Guarnere, and Jaroslav Pelikan. After him are Stefan Bozhkov, Kosta Tomašević, Xie Jin, Ladislav Fuks, Adolf Grünbaum, and Juan Acuña. Among people deceased in 2009, Pierre Chaunu ranks 234. Before him are Paul Naschy, Ken Henry, Miroslav Filip, Alexis Argüello, Helen Suzman, and Veronika Dudarova. After him are Harry Patch, Teddy Mayer, Lukas Foss, Shota Chochishvili, Anna Yegorova, and Mamadou Dia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Chaunu ranks 4,320 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Gaillot (1935), Jean Poiret (1926), François Migault (1944), Léon Sée (1877), Louis Daquin (1908), and Marc Fumaroli (1932). After him are Émile Lemoine (1840), Roger Lapébie (1911), Guillaume Musso (1974), Gabrielle Réjane (1856), Aimée Antoinette Camus (1879), and Georg von Rosen (1843).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Pierre Chaunu ranks 54. Before him are Ernest Lavisse (1842), Jérôme Carcopino (1881), Léon Gautier (1832), Ernest Labrousse (1895), Hugo Falcandus (1200), and Marc Fumaroli (1932). After him are Dudo of Saint-Quentin (960), Alain Daniélou (1907), Alain Besançon (1932), René Rémond (1918), Michelle Perrot (1928), and Jacques Barzun (1907).

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