Jean-Baptiste Duroselle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French historian
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Jean-Baptiste Duroselle
- Jean-Baptiste Duroselle (17 November 1917, Paris – 12 September 1994, Arradon) was a French historian and professor.
- He had initially considered an army career or study of geography, but his poor skills in mathematics and drawing led him to turn to historical study.
- Pierre Renouvin's course fascinated him, and he became his assistant in 1945.
- He went on to teach at University of Saarbrücken from 1950 to 1957 and returned to the Sorbonne afterward.
- Duroselle's writings include La Decadence (1980), L'Abime (1985), and others.
- He was noted for his study of international relations and won a 1982 Balzan Prize for Social Sciences for his work.
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