François Pairault, born in 1940, is a French historian.

Biography

Education

François Pairault received his doctorate of history in 1989.Thèse sur Eugène Eschassériaux, dirigée par

René Rémond René Rémond (; 30 September 1918 – 14 April 2007) was a French historian, political scientist and political economist. Born in Lons-le-Saunier, Rémond was the Secretary General of Jeunesses étudiantes Catholiques (JEC France in 1943) and a ...

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Career

He is a specialist of political and social history of

Bonapartism Bonapartism (french: Bonapartisme) is the political ideology supervening from Napoleon Bonaparte and his followers and successors. The term was used to refer to people who hoped to restore the House of Bonaparte and its style of government. In thi ...

. He is also the honorary master of conferences in contemporary history at the

University of Limoges The University of Limoges (''Université de Limoges'') is a French public university, based in Limoges. Its chancellor is the rector of the Academy of Limoges (an administrative district in France for education and research). It counts more than ...

. He devoted several years to the study of unpublished archives conserved by the descendants of

Gaspard Monge Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse (9 May 1746 – 28 July 1818) was a French mathematician, commonly presented as the inventor of descriptive geometry, (the mathematical basis of) technical drawing, and the father of differential geometry. Durin ...

, founder of the

École polytechnique École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

. Pairault is a member of the Academy of Angoumois. He also served for many years as an elected representative of the city of

Angoulême Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a communes of France, commune, the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Charente Departments of France, department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern Franc ...

(Charente), where he served as Deputy Mayor in charge of culture. He has also been published in several historical works, notably on the history of the region of

Poitou-Charentes Poitou-Charentes (; oc, Peitau-Charantas; Poitevin-Saintongese: ) is a former administrative region on the southwest coast of France. It is part of the new region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprises four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, D ...

during the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Family

He is the father of Louis-Gilles Pairault.

Works

* ''Regnaud de Saint-Jean-d'Angély ou la fidélité à l'Empereur (1760-1819)'', Saintes, Le Croît Vif, 2016. * ''Maires courage de La Rochelle'' (en coll.), Saintes, Le Croît Vif, 2014. * ''Un amour allemand'', La Crèche, Geste éditions, 2011. * ''Saint-Jean d'Angély des origines à nos jours'', Bordessoules, 2010. * ''Les Poilus en image (1914-1918)s'', La Crèche, Geste éditions, 2008. * ''Madame Monge, comtesse de Péluse (1747-1846)'', Les Amis de l'Ardenne, 2006. * ''Monsieur le Baron : Eugène Eschassériaux, éminence grise du bonapartisme, 1823-1906'', préface de René Rémond, Paris, Le Croît vif, 2004 (ouvrage couronné en 2005 par le Grand Prix du Bonapartisme décerné par le Centre d'Études et de Recherche sur le Bonapartisme). * ''Bon souvenir des colonies'', Paris, Tallandier, 2003. * ''Images de Poilus : la Grande Guerre en cartes postales'', Paris, Tallandier, 2002. * ''La Charente, 1900-1920'', Clermont-Ferrand, De Borée, 2002. * ''Gaspard Monge, le fondateur de Polytechnique'', Paris, Tallandier, 2000. * ''Mémoires d'un grand notable bonapartiste : le baron Eugène Eschassériaux (1823-1906)'', Pons, Université francophone d'été Saintonge-Québec, 2000. * ''L'Europe de la préhistoire à nos jours'' (en coll.), Horvath, 1991. * ''La Charente autrefois'', Le Coteau, Horvath, 1990, rééd. 1994. * ''La Charente de la préhistoire à nos jours'' (en coll.), Bordessoules, 1986.

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