Gustave Bloch (21 July 1848 – 3 December 1923) was a French Jewish historian of ancient history. He was the father of historian Marc Bloch (1886–1944), who along with Lucien Febvre (1878–1956) was co-founder of the École des Annales.

Biographical sketch

Born in Fegersheim, Bas-Rhin, Bloch received his

agrégation In France, the ''agrégation'' () is a competitive examination for civil service in the French public education system. Candidates for the examination, or ''agrégatifs'', become ''agrégés'' once they are admitted to the position of ''professe ...

in 1872, and during the following year began teaching classes in

rhetoric Rhetoric () is the art of persuasion, which along with grammar and logic (or dialectic), is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. Rhetoric aims to study the techniques writers or speakers utilize to inform, persuade, or motivate parti ...

at Lycée de Besançon. In 1876, he became a lecturer, and several years later started work as a professor of Greek and Roman antiquities at the University of Lyon. Beginning in 1888, he taught history at the École Normale Supérieure, where he succeeded historian

Paul Guiraud Paul Guiraud (15 January 1850 – 25 February 1907) was a French historian born in Cenne-Monestiés, a commune located in the department of Aude. He was the brother of historian Jean Guiraud.850–1907). From 1904 to 1919, he was a professor of Roman history at the Faculté des lettres de Paris.

Selected writings

* "La République romaine. Les Conflits politiques et sociaux", in ''The Roman Republic. Political and Social Conflicts'' (1913). * "L'Empire romain. Evolution et décadence", in ''The Roman Empire. Evolution and Decadence'' (1922).

References

Rhetorical connections and networks in the nineteenth century
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Members of École Française d'Athenes 1848 births 1923 deaths 19th-century French historians 20th-century French historians French scholars of Roman history University of Lyon faculty École Normale Supérieure faculty École Normale Supérieure alumni People from Bas-Rhin Officiers of the Légion d'honneur {{France-historian-stub