Lefebvre, Georges, 1874-1959

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Name (Latin)
Lefebvre, Georges, 1874-1959
Name (Arabic)
ليفيبر، جورج، 1874-1959
Other forms of name
Lefebvre, G. (Georges), 1874-1959
Date of birth
1874
Date of death
1959
Occupation
Authors
Historians
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 46763824
Wikidata: Q663862
Library of congress: n 50037986
Sources of Information
  • Wikipedia, 12 December 2018(Georges Lefebvre (6 August 1874-28 August 1959); was a French historian, best known for his work on the French Revolution and peasant life; attended the University of Lille; born in Lille; died in Paris in 1959)
  • His Les paysans du nord pendant la révolution française, 1924.
  • His La Révolution française, 1989:t.p. (Georges Lefebvre) cover (G. Lefebvre)
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Wikipedia description:

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. Among his most significant works was the 1924 book Les Paysans du Nord pendant la Révolution française ("The Peasants of the North During the French Revolution"), which was the result of 20 years of research into the role of the peasantry during the revolutionary period.

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