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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Chaunu has received more than 50,692 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Chaunu is the 366th most popular historian, the 4,159th most popular biography from France and the 54th most popular French Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Pierre Chaunu ranks 366 out of 561. Before him are Ehsan Yarshater, Géza Alföldy, Franz Babinger, Leo Allatius, Francis Godwin, and Efraim Zuroff. After him are Jan T. Gross, Jacob Theodor Klein, Patricia Crone, Donald Kagan, Michele Amari, and Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Pierre Chaunu ranks 295. Before him are N. T. Rama Rao, Geoff Duke, Paul Xuereb, Ladislav Fuks, Sara Lidman, and Palden Thondup Namgyal. After him are John Pulman, Karl-Heinz Metzner, Juan Acuña, Stefan Bozhkov, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, and Xie Jin. Among people deceased in 2009, Pierre Chaunu ranks 221. Before him are Reinhard Mohn, Lis Hartel, Otar Chiladze, Zena Marshall, Hirotugu Akaike, and Henri Pousseur. After him are G. A. Cohen, Olja Ivanjicki, Pio Laghi, Arne Bendiksen, Rodrigo Carazo Odio, and Harry Patch.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Chaunu ranks 4,159 out of 6,770. Before him are Alberto Palacio (1856), Pierre Pithou (1539), Jakob Balde (1604), Sébastien Ogier (1983), Pierre Emmanuel (1916), and François Migault (1944). After him are Claudine Longet (1942), Michel Maffesoli (1944), Jean René Constant Quoy (1790), Georges Buchard (1893), Alfred Lacroix (1863), and Maurice Feltin (1883).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Pierre Chaunu ranks 54. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (1674), Alain Besançon (1932), Jérôme Carcopino (1881), Ernest Labrousse (1895), Ernest Lavisse (1842), and Marc Fumaroli (1932). After him are Alain Daniélou (1907), Léon Gautier (1832), Hugo Falcandus (1200), Michelle Perrot (1928), René Rémond (1918), and Jacques Barzun (1907).

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