Ernest Lavisse (; 17 December 184218 August 1922) was a French

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. He was nominated for the

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five times.

Biography

He was born at Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache,

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, succeeding

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, and then professor of modern history at the

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(1888), in the place of Henri Wallon. He was an eloquent professor and very fond of young people, and played an important part in the revival of higher studies in France after 1871. His learning was displayed in his public lectures and his addresses, in his private lessons, where he taught a small number of pupils the,

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, and in his books, where he wrote ''ad probandum'' at least as much as ''ad narrandum'': class-books, collections of articles, intermingled with personal reminiscences (''Questions d'enseignement national'', 1885; ''Etudes et étudiants'', 1890; ''A propos de nos écoles'', 1895), rough historical sketches (''Vue générale de l'histoire politique de l'Europe'', 1890), etc. According to the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' Eleventh Edition, his works of learning are lucid and vivid. After the Franco-Prussian War Lavisse studied the development of Prussia and wrote ''Etude sur l'une des origines de la monarchie prussienne, ou la Marche de Brandebourg sous la dynastie ascanienne'', which was his thesis for his doctor's degree, and ''Études sur l'histoire de la Prusse'' (1879). In connection with his study of the

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, and the cause of its decline, he wrote a number of articles which were published in the ''

Revue des Deux Mondes The ''Revue des deux Mondes'' (, ''Review of the Two Worlds'') is a monthly French-language literary, cultural and current affairs magazine that has been published in Paris since 1829. According to its website, "it is today the place for debates a ...

'', and he wrote ''Trois empereurs d'Allemagne'' (1888), ''La Jeunesse du grand Frédéric'' (1891) and ''Frédéric II. avant son avènement'' (1893) when studying the modern German empire and the grounds for its strength. With his friend Alfred Rambaud he conceived the plan of '' L'Histoire générale du IVe siècle à nos jours'', to which, however, he contributed nothing. He edited the ''Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'à la Révolution'' (1900–1912), in which he carefully revised the work of his numerous assistants, reserving the greatest part of the reign of

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for himself. This section occupies the whole of volume VII. Lavisse was admitted to the

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on the death of Admiral Jurien de la Gravière in 1892, and after the death of James Darmesteter became editor of the ''Revue de Paris''. He is, however, chiefly a master of

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. When the école normale was joined to the university of Paris, Lavisse was appointed director of the new organization, which he had helped more than any one to bring about. After

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, he edited the ''Histoire contemporaine de la France'' (1920–1922).

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