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Georges Lefebvre

1874 - 1959

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Georges Lefebvre (French: [ʒɔʁʒ ləfɛvʁ]; 6 August 1874 – 28 August 1959) was a French historian, best known for his work on the French Revolution and peasant life. He is considered one of the pioneers of "history from below". He coined the phrase the "death certificate of the old order" to describe the Great Fear of 1789. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Lefebvre has received more than 142,806 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Georges Lefebvre is the 228th most popular historian (down from 220th in 2019), the 3,119th most popular biography from France (down from 3,027th in 2019) and the 29th most popular French Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Georges Lefebvre ranks 228 out of 561. Before him are Albert Soboul, Moritz Cantor, Ghazar Parpetsi, Bernard Berenson, Henri Maspero, and Peter Andreas Munch. After him are Halil İnalcık, Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi, Reinhart Dozy, Gerald of Wales, Maxime Rodinson, and Alexander Kazhdan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Georges Lefebvre ranks 106. Before him are Lou Henry Hoover, Nicolae Rădescu, Rudolf Maister, Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar, Oskar Nedbal, and Johan Gunnar Andersson. After him are Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Ricardo Flores Magón, Viggo Jensen, Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Bahaeddin Şakir, and Krste Misirkov. Among people deceased in 1959, Georges Lefebvre ranks 82. Before him are Eduard van Beinum, George Albert Smith, Henri Vidal, The Big Bopper, Laxmi Prasad Devkota, and Bernard Berenson. After him are José Vasconcelos, Ingrid Vang Nyman, Bak Jungyang, Vincent Richards, Luigi Sturzo, and Fernand Bouisson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Lefebvre ranks 3,119 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean de Roquetaillade (1310), Olivier Panis (1966), Pascal Greggory (1954), Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1798), Henri Maspero (1883), and Michel Duchaussoy (1938). After him are Étienne Pivert de Senancour (1770), Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756), Yves Robert (1920), Jean Echenoz (1947), Libéral Bruant (1636), and Jean du Vergier de Hauranne (1581).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Georges Lefebvre ranks 29. Before him are Edgar Quinet (1803), Charles Diehl (1859), Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610), Roger Chartier (1945), Adémar de Chabannes (989), and Henri Maspero (1883). After him are Maxime Rodinson (1915), Gustave Lanson (1857), Marc Ferro (1924), Gustave Schlumberger (1844), Charles Rollin (1661), and Joseph de Guignes (1721).

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