Jean Glénisson (25 January 1921 – 9 October 2010) was a French historian, archivist and paleographer.

Career

* Degree in literature at the Faculty of Arts of Poitiers, (1940) * Studies at the

École nationale des chartes The École Nationale des Chartes (, literally National School of Charters) is a French ''grande école'' and a constituent college of Université PSL, specialising in the historical sciences. It was founded in 1821, and was located initially at ...

* Archivist paleographer (1946) * Member of the

École française de Rome The École française de Rome (EFR) is a French research institute for history, archaeology, and the social sciences; overseen by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and a division of the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et d ...

(1946–1948) * Curator at the Archives nationales (1950–1952), responsible for the

Trésor des Chartes The ''Trésor des chartes'' ("Charters treasury", la, Thesaurus chartarum et privilegiorum domini regis) are the ancient archives of the French crown. They were spared during the French Revolution and are today stored at the Archives Nationales (F ...

* Head of the Archives of the French Equatorial Africa library in Brazzaville (1952–1957) * Professor of

historiography Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiography of a specific topic covers how historians ha ...

at the

University of São Paulo The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the best ...

in Brazil * Chargé de conférences (1959–1963) then director of studies at the VIe section of the

École pratique des hautes études The École pratique des hautes études (), abbreviated EPHE, is a Grand Établissement in Paris, France. It is highly selective, and counted among France's most prestigious research and higher education institutions. It is a constituent college o ...

(EPHE) (1963) * Director of the (1964 to 1986) * Member of the International Committee of Latin paleography, successor of Jeanne Vielliard as director of the IRHT (1966–1992).Annales du CIP
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Aunis Aunis () is a historical province of France, situated in the north-west of the department of Charente-Maritime. Its historic capital is La Rochelle, which took over from Castrum Allionis (Châtelaillon) the historic capital which gives its name ...

and

Saintonge Saintonge may refer to: *County of Saintonge, a historical province of France on the Atlantic coast *Saintonge (region), a region of France corresponding to the historical province Places *Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge, a commune in the Charente-Mari ...

, Glénisson also supported the introduction of laboratory techniques and computer analysis in order to study manuscript books.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Glenisson, Jean 20th-century French historians French archivists École Nationale des Chartes alumni Corresponding members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres École pratique des hautes études faculty Officiers of the Légion d'honneur 1921 births 2010 deaths People from Charente-Maritime