Henri Pirenne was a Belgian nationalist and historian. A medievalist of Walloon descent, he wrote a multivolume history of Belgium in French and became a prominent public intellectual.
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C. S. LewisAlso won doctor honoris causa from the University of Dijon
Jean Baptiste PerrinAlso won Jean Reynaud Prize
Hans-Dietrich GenscherAlso won honorary doctor of the Leipzig University
Annie Jump CannonAlso won Honorary doctor of the University of Groningen
Bernardo HoussayAlso won doctor honoris causa from the University of Alger
Olivier De SchutterAlso won Francqui PrizeAbout this person
Henri Pirenne was a Belgian nationalist and historian. A medievalist of Walloon descent, he wrote a multivolume history of Belgium in French and became a prominent public intellectual. Pirenne made a lasting contribution to the study of cities that was a controversial interpretation of the end of Roman civilization and the rebirth of medieval urban culture. He also became prominent in the nonviolent resistance to the Germans who occupied Belgium in World War I.
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