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René Grousset

1885 - 1952

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René Grousset (French pronunciation: [ʁəne ɡʁusɛ]; 5 September 1885 – 12 September 1952) was a French historian who was curator of both the Cernuschi Museum and the Guimet Museum in Paris and a member of the prestigious Académie française. He wrote several major works on Asiatic and Oriental civilizations, with his two most important works being Histoire des croisades et du royaume franc de Jérusalem (1934–1936) and The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia (1939), both of which were considered standard references on the subject. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. René Grousset is the 107th most popular historian (up from 110th in 2019), the 1,630th most popular biography from France (up from 1,723rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, René Grousset ranks 107 out of 561. Before him are Minhaj-i-Siraj, Agatharchides, Lev Gumilyov, Al-Waqidi, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, and Vasily Bartold. After him are Cangjie, Frances Yates, Arnold Toynbee, Christoph Cellarius, W. Montgomery Watt, and Árni Magnússon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, René Grousset ranks 60. Before him are Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Seishirō Itagaki, André Lhote, Sisavang Vong, Bess Truman, and Gunnar Asplund. After him are Harlow Shapley, Theda Bara, Friedrich Kellner, Alois Hudal, Per Albin Hansson, and Jules Romains. Among people deceased in 1952, René Grousset ranks 40. Before him are Pedro Lascuráin, Jack Parsons, Efim Bogoljubov, Joseph Avenol, Bernard Lyot, and Robert Guérin. After him are Jigme Wangchuck, Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Hans Kramers, Kurt Schumacher, Louise d'Orléans, and Viktor Chernov.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Grousset ranks 1,630 out of 6,770. Before him are Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia (1909), Jean Alesi (1964), Alberic of Cîteaux (1001), Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (1819), Louis of Toulouse (1274), and Robert Guérin (1876). After him are Françoise Gilot (1921), Louise Labé (1524), Alain Cuny (1908), Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (1326), Michel Bouquet (1925), and Lucien Petit-Breton (1882).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, René Grousset ranks 15. Before him are Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Gaston Maspero (1846), Georges Duby (1919), Emmanuel Todd (1951), and Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929). After him are Pierre Nora (1931), Guibert of Nogent (1055), Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610), Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme (1540), Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914), and Adémar de Chabannes (989).

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