Henri-Irénée Marrou was a French historian. A Christian humanist in outlook, his work was primarily in the spheres of Late Antiquity and the history of education. He is best known for his work History of Education in Antiquity.
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Augustin DubailAlso won officier d'académie
Jean Alfred FournierAlso won Officier de l'Instruction publique
Ilmari HannikainenAlso won Officier de l'Instruction publique
Gilbert DuprezAlso won officier d'académie
Joseph DécheletteAlso won Officier de l'Instruction publique
Antoine LacroixAlso won Officier de l'Instruction publiqueAbout this person
Henri-Irénée Marrou was a French historian. A Christian humanist in outlook, his work was primarily in the spheres of Late Antiquity and the history of education. He is best known for his work History of Education in Antiquity. He also edited, for Sources Chrétiennes, the early Christian work Letter to Diognetus, the only manuscript of which perished in a fire at the University of Strasbourg during the Franco-Prussian War. Marrou edited the collection Patristica Sorbonensia, published by Le Seuil. His work has been criticised by the philosopher Ilsetraut Hadot. Marrou also wrote under the pseudonym of Henri Davenson. His Carnets posthumes were published in 2006 under the editorial supervision of his daughter Françoise Marrou-Flamant.
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