Gustave Lanson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gustave Lanson

French historian

Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1857

Place of Birth: Orléans, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Date of Death: 15-Dec-1934

Profession: writer, professor, historian, pedagogue, art historian, romanist, literary critic

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Gustave Lanson (5 August 1857 – 15 December 1934) was a French historian and literary critic.
He taught at the Sorbonne and the École Normale Supérieure in Paris.
A dominant figure in French literary criticism, he influenced several generations of writers and critics through his teachings, which were anti-systematic and promoted a scrupulous and erudite approach to texts via extensive firsthand research, inventorying, and in-depth historical investigation .