Jules Michelet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jules Michelet

French historian

Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1798

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 09-Feb-1874

Profession: writer, professor, historian, translator, archivist, philosopher, diarist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Jules Michelet (French: [?yl mi?.l?]; 21 August 1798 – 9 February 1874) was a French historian.
He was born in Paris to a family with Huguenot traditions. In his 1855 work, Histoire de France (History of France), Jules Michelet was the first historian to use and define the word Renaissance ('Re-birth' in French), as a period in Europe's cultural history that represented a drastic break from the Middle Ages (which he loathed), creating a modern understanding of humanity and its place in the world.
Historian François Furet wrote that his History of the French Revolution (1847) remains "the cornerstone of all revolutionary historiography and is also a literary monument".
His aphoristic style emphasized his anti-clerical republicanism.



Alternative names	Monogrammist TC
Description	French painter, draughtsman, writer and teacher
Date of birth/death	21 December 1815	29 March 1879 or 30 March 1879
Location of birth/death	Senlis	Villiers-le-Bel
Work period	between circa 1830 and circa 1879 date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1830-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1879-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Paris (1830-1860), Villiers-le-Bel (between circa 1860 and circa 1870 date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 )
Authority control	: Q326434 VIAF: 7522264 ISNI: 0000 0001 1591 4751 ULAN: 500115403 LCCN: n79122033 NLA: 35031682 WorldCat