Robert Brunschvig
French historian (1901–1990)
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Robert Brunschvig (6 October 1901 – 16 February 1990) was a French historian, orientalist and professor at the University of Paris.[1][2]
Born6 October 1901
Died16 February 1990 (aged 88)
KnownforProfessor of Islamic studies and historian
Born in Bordeaux, Brunschvig was educated at the École normale supérieure. After his agrégation, he taught at the Lycée Carnot in Tunis from 1922 to 1930.[1] After a year at the Lycée Montaigne in Paris, he taught at the University of Algiers from 1932 to 1946. He then taught at Bordeaux from 1947 to 1955, and at the Sorbonne until his retirement in 1968.
He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 1973.[3]