Léon Lacabane (21 November 1798 – 24 December 1884) was a 19th-century French historian, librarian and palaeographer.

Biography

The son of the notary of Fons, Léon Lacabane studied in

Figeac Figeac (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the southwestern French Departments of France, department of Lot (department), Lot. Figeac is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the department. Geography Figeac is on the via Podiensis ...

before moving to Paris in order to study law, but eventually studied history at the

École Nationale des Chartes The École Nationale des Chartes (; ) is a French ''grande école'' and a constituent college of Université PSL, specialising in the auxiliary sciences of history, historical sciences. It was founded in 1821, and was located initially at the A ...

(1821). First the secretary of the Director of agriculture and stud farms in the Ministry of Interior, he joined the Royal library in 1829. He made his entire career in this institution and retired in 1871. He helped open the resources to researchers and managed to keep to the library the Cabinet of titles claimed by the Imperial Archives. He was also professor of

paleography Palaeography (American and British English spelling differences#ae and oe, UK) or paleography (American and British English spelling differences#ae and oe, US) (ultimately from , , 'old', and , , 'to write') is the study and academic disciplin ...

at the École des Chartes (1846) which he headed from 1857 to 1871.

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Obituary by Louis de Mas-Latrie
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''Observations sur la géographie et l'histoire du Quercy et du Limousin, à propos de la publication du cartulaire de Beaulieu'' by Léon Lacabane
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