Claude Guigue, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Claude Guigue

French archivist

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1832

Place of Birth: Trévoux, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 08-Feb-1889

Profession: historian, archivist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Marie-Claude Guigue (16 October 1832, Trévoux – 8 February 1889, Trévoux) was a French archivist. He gained a Bachelor of Letters in 1852, and a licence in law in 1855.
He attended the École Nationale des Chartes, where he graduated as an archiviste paléographe with the thesis Essai sur les causes de la dépopulation de la Dombes et l'origine des étangs ("Essay on the causes of the depopulation of the Dombes and origin of the Étangs"; 1857).
He was also the translator of secret notes of Napoleon I to Napoleon III. In 1873 he published Topographie historique du département de l'Ain ("Historical topography of the department of Ain").