Philippe Wolff (1913–2001) was a French medievalist who specialised in the economic and social history of Languedoc.
Wolff was born in Montmorency, Seine-et-Oise, on 2 September 1913. [1] He graduated licentiate of history and geography in 1934, and doctor of letters in 1939. At the beginning of the Second World War he was a liaison officer with the British Expeditionary Force in France. [1] From 1945 to 1974 he taught, from 1953 as a full professor, at the Université de Toulouse II. From 1968 to 1980 he served as president of the International Commission for the History of Towns. On 9 February 1973 he became a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. [1] He was also a member of the Royal Historical Society, the Institute for Catalan Studies, the Medieval Academy of America and the Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona. He died in Andorra on 3 September 2001. [1]
Philippe Wolff (1913–2001) was a French medievalist who specialised in the economic and social history of Languedoc.
Wolff was born in Montmorency, Seine-et-Oise, on 2 September 1913. [1] He graduated licentiate of history and geography in 1934, and doctor of letters in 1939. At the beginning of the Second World War he was a liaison officer with the British Expeditionary Force in France. [1] From 1945 to 1974 he taught, from 1953 as a full professor, at the Université de Toulouse II. From 1968 to 1980 he served as president of the International Commission for the History of Towns. On 9 February 1973 he became a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. [1] He was also a member of the Royal Historical Society, the Institute for Catalan Studies, the Medieval Academy of America and the Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona. He died in Andorra on 3 September 2001. [1]