Michel Vergé-Franceschi (born 28 October 1951,

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) is a French naval historian.

Biography

Michel Vergé-Franceschi started teaching History in secondary education at

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(1975-1986) at collège Viviani, at the Lycée polyvalent Claude Monet, at the Lycée régional François 1er and at the Lycée Corneille in

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, where he was also responsible for the academic plan for teaching History. He earned a PhD in History in 1980 with a dissertation ''l'École Royale de Marine du Havre'' ( School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, EHESS) and a second PhD in 1987 at Paris X Nanterre with ''Les officiers généraux de la marine royale''. He then went on to head the Maritime History Laboratory of

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- Paris IV-Sorbonne-

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, and teach as a Modern History professor at

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(1986-2000) From 2000, he taught at the

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as an 18th-century specialist, focusing on the society, shipping and travels of the era. He was President of the Société française d'histoire maritime (French maritime History association) until 2005. Vergé-Franceschi has published about 60 works, and edited the 2002 edition of the ''Dictionnaire d'histoire maritime''.

Works

Les Officiers généraux de la Marine royale : 1715-1774 : origines, conditions, services

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