Charles Braibant (31 March 1889, in

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– 23 April 1976, in

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) was a French archivist, author and novelist. Charles Braibant with Treaty of Alliance - DPLA - 207d04b1d76e190333a158f4a5215a2d

After qualifying as an archivist from the

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in 1914, he served as Head of the archive and library service of the

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("''Chef du service des archives et bibliothèques de la Marine''") from 1919 to 1944. While in this post, he found time to write a number of fiction and non-fiction books, and his novel ''Le roi dort'' won the

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in 1933. He was Director of the National Archives of France from 1948 to 1959, and President of the

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from 1950 to 1954. In retirement he wrote some further non-fiction books, including ''

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à l’Élysée'' (1963) and ''Histoire de la Tour Eiffel'' (1964).

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