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Jean-Baptiste Duroselle

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French historian (1917-1994)

FranceAcademicsLived 1917 to 1994 · aged 76
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Jean-Baptiste Duroselle was a French historian and professor. He had initially considered an army career or study of geography, but his poor skills in mathematics and drawing led him to turn to historical study. Pierre Renouvin's course fascinated him, and he became his assistant in 1945.

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1991honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow
1989Biography award of the Académie française
1982Balzan Prize
Commander of the National Order of Merit
Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Honorary doctor of the University of Liège
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

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Jean-Baptiste Duroselle was a French historian and professor. He had initially considered an army career or study of geography, but his poor skills in mathematics and drawing led him to turn to historical study. Pierre Renouvin's course fascinated him, and he became his assistant in 1945. He went on to teach at University of Saarbrücken from 1950 to 1957 and returned to the Sorbonne afterward. Between 1977 and 1979, he was visiting professor of the history of international relations at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. Duroselle's writings include La Decadence (1980), L'Abime (1985), and others. Duroselle was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1975. He was noted for his study of international relations and won a 1982 Balzan Prize for Social Sciences for his work.

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France
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Academics
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Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 1994 · aged 76
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