Robert Sauzet | |
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Director of the Centre for Advanced Renaissance Studies | |
In office 1985–1991 | |
Preceded by | Jean Lafond |
Succeeded by | Jean-Michel Vaccaro |
Personal details | |
Born | December 1927 Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort, France |
Died | 12 February 2023 | (aged 95)
Education |
Lycée de garçons de Nîmes University of Montpellier |
Occupation | Historian |
Robert Sauzet (December 1927 – 12 February 2023) was a French historian. [1]
Born in Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort in December 1927, Sauzet spent his childhood in Saint-Martial. [2] After his secondary school studies at the Lycée de garçons de Nîmes , he earned a degree in history from the University of Montpellier in 1955. [3] In 1976, he defended his doctoral thesis, [4] titled Contre-Réforme et Réforme catholique en Bas-Languedoc : le diocèse de Nîmes au xviie siècle. [5]
Sauzet became a professor of history at the University of Tours and served as director of the Centre for Advanced Renaissance Studies from 1985 to 1991. He was elected a non-resident member of the Académie de Nîmes in 1994. [6] In 2017, he received the Médaille du Club cévenol . [7]
After his marriage to Madeleine Bouillie, he had three sons, including linguist Patrick Sauzet . [8] Robert Sauzet died on 12 February 2023, at the age of 95. [9]
Robert Sauzet | |
---|---|
Director of the Centre for Advanced Renaissance Studies | |
In office 1985–1991 | |
Preceded by | Jean Lafond |
Succeeded by | Jean-Michel Vaccaro |
Personal details | |
Born | December 1927 Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort, France |
Died | 12 February 2023 | (aged 95)
Education |
Lycée de garçons de Nîmes University of Montpellier |
Occupation | Historian |
Robert Sauzet (December 1927 – 12 February 2023) was a French historian. [1]
Born in Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort in December 1927, Sauzet spent his childhood in Saint-Martial. [2] After his secondary school studies at the Lycée de garçons de Nîmes , he earned a degree in history from the University of Montpellier in 1955. [3] In 1976, he defended his doctoral thesis, [4] titled Contre-Réforme et Réforme catholique en Bas-Languedoc : le diocèse de Nîmes au xviie siècle. [5]
Sauzet became a professor of history at the University of Tours and served as director of the Centre for Advanced Renaissance Studies from 1985 to 1991. He was elected a non-resident member of the Académie de Nîmes in 1994. [6] In 2017, he received the Médaille du Club cévenol . [7]
After his marriage to Madeleine Bouillie, he had three sons, including linguist Patrick Sauzet . [8] Robert Sauzet died on 12 February 2023, at the age of 95. [9]