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René Jean François Marie Grousset was a French art historian, curator, orientalist, and historian born in Aubais in 1885. He served as a curator at the Guimet Museum, the École du Louvre, the Louvre Museum, and the Musée Cernuschi. His professional affiliations included the Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais, the Académie Française, the Académie des sciences d'outre-mer, and the Japan Academy. He participated in World War I and wrote for the Journal asiatique.
Grousset authored twenty works, including Histoire des croisades, La epopeya de las cruzadas, Histoire de L'asie, Bilan de l'histoire, and Histoire de l'Arménie. He received the Grand Prix Gobert, the Prix Stanislas Julien, the Bordin Prize, and the Officer of the Legion of Honour. He died in the 8th arrondissement of Paris in 1952 and was buried at Montparnasse Cemetery.
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- Works
- 20
Top works
- Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments; Translated from the Arabic, with Copious Notes; Volume 3
- Histoire des croisades
- La epopeya de las cruzadas
- Histoire de L'asie ...
- Bilan de l'histoire
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Key facts
- Born
- 5 September 1885, Aubais , Gard , France
- Died
- 12 September 1952 (1952-09-12) (aged 67), Paris , France
- Occupations
- historian and curator
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marie
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Aubais
- Place of death
- 8th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- curator
- Educated at
- University of Montpellier
- Employer
- Musée Cernuschi
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- René Grousset.jpg
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- Commons category
- René Grousset
- date of birth
- 1885-09-05
- date of death
- 1952-09-12
- member of
- Japan Academy
- name in native language
- René Grousset
- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- writing language
- French
- has written for
- Journal asiatique
- birth name
- René Jean François Marie Grousset
- Commons Creator page
- René Grousset
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Encyclopedic overview
René Grousset ( French pronunciation: [ʁəne ɡʁusɛ]; 5 September 1885 – 12 September 1952) was a French historian who was curator of both the Cernuschi Museum and the Guimet Museum in Paris and a member of the Académie française.
He wrote several major works on Asiatic and Oriental civilizations, with his two most important works being Histoire des croisades et du royaume franc de Jérusalem (1934–1936) and The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia (1939), both of which were considered standard references on the subject.
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