Bertrand Gille (other)
Bertrand Gille may refer to: *Bertrand Gille (historian) (1920–1980), French historian of technology *Bertrand Gille (handballer) Bertrand Fabien Gille (born 24 March 1978 in Valence, Drôme) is a handball player from France. Very strong physically (1.87m, 98 kg), and was honored with the title of World Player of the Year in 2002. His career as a handball player s ...

Bertrand Gille (historian)
Bertrand Gille (March 29, 1920, Paris – November 30, 1980) was a French archivist and historian of technology. Although best known for his work on technology, Gille also wrote on diverse subjects including the history of French banking and Russian economics. After teaching at the university of Clermont-Ferrand, he became a director of studies at the École pratique des hautes études, as well as giving a course on the history of technology at the University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne. Early career After studying at the École Nationale des Chartes, in 1943 Gille completed his thesis on the French iron industry, ''Les Origines de la grande industrie métallurgique en France'' (published 1947). In 1959 Gille published his doctoral thesis, ''La Banque et le crédit en France de 1815 à 1848'', part of a longer work derived from the archives of several French banks. This in turn led to the publication of the two-volume, 1000 page, ''Histoire de la maison Rothschild'' (196 ...
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