Alexandre Teulet (January 29, 1807- March 23, 1866) was a French

Palaeographer Palaeography ( UK) or paleography ( US; ultimately from grc-gre, , ''palaiós'', "old", and , ''gráphein'', "to write") is the study of historic writing systems and the deciphering and dating of historical manuscripts, including the analysi ...

, archivist, and historian. His full name was Jean Baptiste Alexandre Théodore Teulet. His father was General Raymond Teulet. After graduating from the

École Nationale des Chartes The École Nationale des Chartes (, literally National School of Charters) is a French ''grande école'' and a constituent college of Université PSL, specialising in the historical sciences. It was founded in 1821, and was located initially at ...

in 1832, he was appointed to National Archives of France where he spent his entire career. He also wrote histories and chronicle of the Middle Ages, including works of Einhard.

Influence on Scottish historiography

Teulet visited

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in the late 1830s, making contact with David Laing, secretary of the

Bannatyne Club The Bannatyne Club, named in honour of George Bannatyne and his famous anthology of Scots literature the Bannatyne Manuscript, was a text publication society founded by Sir Walter Scott to print rare works of Scottish interest, whether in history ...

, which subsequently published his five-volume ''Papiers d'État, Pièces et Documents Inédits ou Peu Connus Relatifs à l'Histoire de l'Écosse au XVIe Siècle, tirés des Bibliothèques et des Archives de France'' (1851-60). The Scottish historian

John Hill Burton John Hill Burton FRSE (22 August 1809 – 10 August 1881) was a Scottish advocate, historian and economist. The author of ''Life and Correspondence of David Hume'', he was secretary of the Scottish Prison Board (1854–77), and Historiograph ...

reviewed the work favourably and drew upon it in writing his seven volume ''History of Scotland from

Agricola Agricola, the Latin word for farmer, may also refer to: People Cognomen or given name :''In chronological order'' * Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40–93), Roman governor of Britannia (AD 77–85) * Sextus Calpurnius Agricola, Roman governor of the mi ...

's Invasion to the Revolution'' (1867-70)Beveridge, Craig (2022), ''Recovering Scottish History: John Hill Burton and Scottish National Identity in the Nineteenth Century'', Edinburgh University Press, pp. 88 - 91,

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People from Charleville-Mézières 1807 births 1866 deaths École Nationale des Chartes alumni French archivists French medievalists {{France-historian-stub