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René Grousset


Born
in Aubais, Gard, France
September 05, 1885

Died
September 12, 1952

Genre
History


René Grousset (September 5, 1885 – September 12, 1952) was a French historian specializing in Asiatic and Oriental history.
He was born in Aubais, Gard in 1885.

Having graduated from the University of Montpellier with a degree in history he began his distinguished career in the French Ministry of Fine Arts soon afterward. He served in the French army during World War I. In 1925 Grousset was appointed adjunct conservator of the Musee Guimet in Paris and secretary of the Journal asiatique. By 1930 he had published five major works on Asiatic and Oriental civilizations. In 1933 he was appointed director of the Cernuschi Museum in Paris and curator of its Asiatic art collections. He wrote a major work on the Chinese buddhist medieval pilgrim Huie ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 802 ratings · 89 reviews · 211 distinct works • Similar authors
The Empire of the Steppes: ...
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4.10 avg rating — 370 ratings — published 1939 — 48 editions
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L'épopée des Croisades
4.20 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1926 — 38 editions
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El Conquistador del Mundo: ...
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1095-1130 L'anarchie musulm...
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La storia delle crociate
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The Rise and Splendour of t...
3.52 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1942 — 45 editions
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موجز تاريخ الحروب الصليبية ...
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1131-1187 L'équilibre (Hist...
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Histoire de la Chine
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1188-1291 L'anarchie franqu...
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