Pierre Chaunu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pierre Chaunu

French historian & academic

Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1923

Place of Birth: Belleville-sur-Meuse, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 22-Oct-2009

Profession: historian, radio personality

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Pierre Chaunu (17 August 1923 – 22 October 2009) was a French historian.
His specialty was Latin American history; he also studied French social and religious history of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.
A leading figure in French quantitative history as the founder of "serial history", he was professor emeritus at Paris IV-Sorbonne, a member of the Institut de France, and a commander of the Légion d'Honneur.
A convert to Protestantism from Roman Catholicism, he defended his Gaullist views most notably in a longtime column in Le Figaro and on Radio Courtoisie.