Maurice Prou, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Maurice Prou

French paleographer

Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1861

Place of Birth: Sens, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 04-Oct-1930

Profession: numismatist, legal historian

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Maurice Prou

  • Maurice Prou (28 December 1861, Sens – 4 October 1930) was a French archivist, paleographer and numismatist. He studied at the École des Chartes and École française de Rome, afterwards working at the Cabinet des médailles de la Bibliothèque nationale.
  • In 1899, following the death of Arthur Giry (1848–1899), he was appointed professor of diplomatics at the École des Chartes.
  • In 1916 he became the school's director, a position he maintained until 1930.
  • Within this time period (1916–1919), he also taught classes on histoire des institutions, filling in for Paul Viollet (1840–1914). Prou played a major role in the revival of history of law and its institutions during the latter part of the 19th century.
  • He was a longtime member of the editorial board of Revue historique de droit ("Historical Review of Law") and the Société d’histoire du droit (Society of Legal History).
  • He was also a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (from 1910), the Société archéologique de Sens and the Société française de numismatique.

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