Ludovic Lalanne (23 April 1815, Paris – 16 May 1898, Paris) was a French historian and librarian. The engineer and politician

Léon Lalanne Léon Louis Lalanne (; real surname: Chrétien-Lalanne; 3 July 1811 – 12 March 1892) was a French engineer and politician. Life Lalanne was born in Paris on 3 July 1811, as Léon Louis Chrétien, the son of François Julien Léon Chrétien, a ph ...

(1811–1892) was his brother.

Biography

Lalanne was a student at the

lycée Louis-le-Grand The Lycée Louis-le-Grand (), also referred to simply as Louis-le-Grand or by its acronym LLG, is a public Lycée (French secondary school, also known as sixth form college) located on rue Saint-Jacques in central Paris. It was founded in the ...

and later at the

École des Chartes 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, Sav ...

, where he was graduated archivist paleographer in 1841. He was librarian of the Institut. He was a resident member of the

Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques The Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques (CTHS) (''Committee for Historic and Scientific Works'') is a French research institution created by the Minister of Public Education François Guizot on 18 July 1834 for the purpose of 'leading ...

, archivist of the Société de l'École des chartes and president of the

Société de l'histoire de France The Société de l'histoire de France (SHF) (English: ''Society of the History of France'') was established on 21 December 1833 at the instigation of the French minister of Public Instruction, François Guizot, in order to contribute to the renewa ...

Publications

Lalanne published many works (sometimes in collaboration) including: * ''Essai sur le feu grégeois et sur la poudre à canon'', 1845read online
like most of his other writings :

/ref> * ''Les Pèlerinages en Terre Sainte avant les Croisades'', 1845 * ''Curiosités littéraires'', 1845 * ''Curiosités bibliographiques'', 1845 * ''Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris sous François Ier (1515–1536)'', 1854 * ''Curiosités philologiques, géographiques et ethnologiques'', 1855 * ''Les Tragiques d'Augrippa d'Abigné'', 1857 * ''Mémoires de Marguerite de Valois'', 1858 * ''Curiosités biographiques'', 1858 * ''Œuvres de Malherbe'', 1862 * ''Dictionnaire historique de la France'', 1872–77 * ''Mémoires de Roger de Rabutin, comte de Bussy'', 1882 * ''Le Livre de fortune de Jehan Cousin, recueil de deux cents dessins inédits'', 1883 * ''Œuvres complètes de Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme'', 1864–82 * ''Journal du voyage du Cavalier Bernin en France'', 1885 * ''Œuvres de Lagrange'', 1892 * ''Brantôme sa vie et ses écrits'', 1896 Lalanne also realised th
inventory of the manuscripts of Paris Observatory Library

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lalanne, Ludovic Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni École Nationale des Chartes alumni French librarians French bibliographers 19th-century French historians 1815 births Writers from Paris 1898 deaths