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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Grousset has received more than 65,035 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). René Grousset is the 110th most popular historian (up from 164th in 2019), the 1,723rd most popular biography from France (up from 2,597th in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, René Grousset ranks 110 out of 561. Before him are Sextus Julius Africanus, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Andrea Alciato, Reinhart Koselleck, Golo Mann, and Paul Veyne. After him are Árni Magnússon, August Ludwig von Schlözer, Richard Sennett, Natalie Zemon Davis, Henry Thomas Buckle, and Richard Pipes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, René Grousset ranks 64. Before him are G. W. Pabst, Gunnar Asplund, Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Jules Pascin, Władysław Raczkiewicz, and Sydney Chaplin. After him are Alois Hudal, Sisavang Vong, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Khải Định, Egon Kisch, and Soemu Toyoda. Among people deceased in 1952, René Grousset ranks 36. Before him are Charles Scott Sherrington, Rudolf Slánský, Charles Lightoller, John Langenus, Bedřich Hrozný, and Clark L. Hull. After him are Kurt Schumacher, Hans Kramers, Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Alfred Einstein, Pedro Lascuráin, and Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Grousset ranks 1,723 out of 6,770. Before him are Alain Cuny (1908), Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761), Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (1721), Nicolas Catinat (1637), Adam de la Halle (1245), and Fernand Cormon (1845). After him are Jacques de Vitry (1170), Pierre Balmain (1914), Antoine Barnave (1761), Thoinot Arbeau (1520), John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683), and Henri-Edmond Cross (1856).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, René Grousset ranks 16. Before him are Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Gaston Maspero (1846), Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), Georges Duby (1919), Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914), and Paul Veyne (1930). After him are Emmanuel Todd (1951), François Furet (1927), Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme (1540), Augustin Thierry (1795), Pierre Nora (1931), and Guibert of Nogent (1055).

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