Jean Glénisson
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Jean Glénisson

French historian, archivist and paleographer

Jean Glénisson (25 January 1921 – 9 October 2010) was a French historian, archivist and paleographer.2

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Born Jan 25, 1921, died Oct 9, 2010.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • 1940University of Poitiers study of history3 4
  • 1941 to 1946École des chartes archivist palaeographer3 4

Career

Occupation: archivist, historian.4 10

Degree in literature at the Faculty of Arts of Poitiers, (1940)

Studies at the École nationale des chartes

Archivist paleographer (1946)

Member of the École française de Rome (1946–1948)

Curator at the Archives nationales (1950–1952), responsible for the Trésor des Chartes

Head of the Archives of the French Equatorial Africa library in Brazzaville (1952–1957)

Professor of historiography at the University of São Paulo in Brazil

Chargé de conférences (1959–1963) then director of studies at the VIe section of the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE) (1963)

Director of the Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes (1964 to 1986)

Member of the International Committee of Latin paleography, successor of Jeanne Vielliard as director of the IRHT (1966–1992).

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Personal life

  • BornJan 25, 1921, Jonzac11
  • DiedOct 9, 2010, Jonzac12
  • CitizenshipFrance13

Awards

  • Date not recordedOfficer of the Legion of Honour14