Lucien Febvre ✓

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French historian (1878–1956)

About Lucien Febvre

Lucien Paul Victor Febvre was a French historian best known for the role he played in establishing the Annales School of history. He was the initial editor of the Encyclopédie française together with Anatole de Monzie.

Notable works:

A geographical introduction to history

All Lucien Febvre Quotes

History is the daughter of time. Daughter
A mere collector of supposed facts is as useful as a collector of matchboxes. Collector
If History teaches any lesson at all, it is that there are no historical lessons. All

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