Pierre Nora
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1931
- Died
- 2025
- Works
- 28
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- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 2
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Going deeper with convolutions
· 2015 · cited 32,459x
- Classification of Surgical Complications
· 2004 · cited 27,676x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 21,841x
- Outline of a Theory of Practice
· 1977 · cited 18,742x
- Testing for a unit root in time series regression
· 1988 · cited 12,475x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1931-11-17 ) 17 November 1931, Paris, France
- Died
- 2 June 2025 (2025-06-02) (aged 93), Paris, France
- Education
- Lycée Carnot
- Occupation
- Historian
- Organizations
- Éditions Gallimard School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
- Known for
- Member of the Académie Française
- Partners
- Gabrielle van Zuylen Anne Sinclair
- Relatives
- Simon Nora (brother)
- Awards
- Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Dan David Prize
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Key dates
- Born
- 17 November 1931
- Died
- 2 June 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- 15th arrondissement of Paris
- Spouse
- Gabrielle Van Zuylen
- Position held
- chairperson
- Employer
- Éditions Gallimard
- Languages spoken
- French
Article
Pierre Charles Nora ( French: [pjɛʁ ʃaʁl(ə) nɔʁa]; 17 November 1931 – 2 June 2025) was a French historian elected to the Académie Française on 7 June 2001. As editor at Éditions Gallimard, he established the Library of Social Sciences in 1966 and the Library of Histories in 1970. He was director of studies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences from 1977 for four decades. Nora is known for having directed Les Lieux de Mémoire, four volumes focused on places and objects of remembrance which incarnate the national memory of the French, writing a new history (nouvelle histoire).
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1931 births2025 deaths20th-century French historians20th-century French JewsCommandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des LettresFrench male non-fiction writersFrench recipients of the Legion of HonourGrand Officers of the Legion of HonourJewish historiansLycée Carnot alumniLycée Louis-le-Grand alumniMembers of the Académie Française