Ludovic Lalanne Explained

Birth Date:23 April 1815
Birth Place:Paris
Death Place:Paris
Occupation:Historian
Librarian

Ludovic Lalanne (23 April 1815, Paris – 16 May 1898, Paris) was a French historian and librarian. The engineer and politician Léon Lalanne (1811–1892) was his brother.

Biography

Lalanne was a student at the lycée Louis-le-Grand and later at the École des Chartes, where he was graduated archivist paleographer in 1841. He was librarian of the Institut.

He was a resident member of the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques, archivist of the Société de l'École des chartes and president of the Société de l'histoire de France.[1]

Publications

Lalanne published many works (sometimes in collaboration) including:

Lalanne also realised the inventory of the manuscripts of Paris Observatory Library.

External links

Notes and References

  1. See his file in the annuaire prosopographique of the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=iHUDAAAAYAAJ read online