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François Victor Alphonse Aulard

First Name François

Last Name Aulard

Born on July 19, 1849

Died on October 23, 1928 (aged 79)

Born in France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

François Victor Alphonse Aulard was the first professional French historian of the French Revolution and of Napoleon. His major achievement was to institutionalise and professionalise the practice of history in France. He argued:

From the social point of view, the Revolution consisted in the suppression of what was called the feudal system, in the emancipation of the individual, in greater division of landed property, the abolition of the privileges of noble birth, the establishment of equality, the simplification of life. [...] The French Revolution differed from other revolutions in being not merely national, for it aimed at benefiting all humanity.

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