Georges Blondel (8 March 1856 – 31 July 1948) was a French historian, specialising in the history of

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

and

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before 1914. Born in 1856 in

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

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, Blondel received his doctorate in 1881 and in 1894 was named professor of letters at Lille University. He died in 1948 in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

.After receiving his doctorate in 1881 and the rank of agrégé (highest teaching degree) in 1883, he was appointed to a chair of law at Lyon in 1884 and 10 years later was named professor of letters at Lille. He later taught at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales and the

Collège de France The Collège de France (), formerly known as the ''Collège Royal'' or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment ('' grand établissement'') in France. It is located in Paris n ...

in Paris.

Published works

*''L'Ouvrier allemand'' (1899; ''The German Worker'') *''L'Essor industriel et commercial du peuple allemand'' (1898; ''The Industrial and Commercial Ascent of the German People'') *''L'Éducation économique du peuple allemand'' (1908; ''The Economic Education of the German People'') *''Le Triomphe du germanisme'' (1934; ''The Triumph of Pan-Germanism'')

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1856 births 1948 deaths Writers from Dijon French male non-fiction writers 20th-century French historians Members of the Ligue des Patriotes Officers of the Legion of Honour {{france-historian-stub