Henri Grégoire (Byzantinist)

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Henri Grégoire (born March 21, 1881 in Huy , † September 28, 1964 in Brussels ) was a Belgian historian . He is considered the founder of Byzantine Studies in Belgium.

Life

Henri Grégoire was Professor of Ancient and Medieval History at the French-speaking University of Brussels . In 1938 he went as a visiting professor at the New School for Social Research and as a Sather Professor at the University of California, Berkeley . During the Second World War he worked at the École libre des hautes études , where many Belgian and French emigrants worked. In 1941 he was appointed dean of the Philosophical Faculty of Cairo University, where he gave history lectures and French courses. After the war, Grégoire returned to the University of Brussels.

In addition to his own research, which spanned a variety of topics and epochs, Grégoire took an active part in international research. He translated central writings of Byzantine studies from Russian, English and German into French, was the editor of four journals ( Byzantion, Nouvelle Clio, Annuaire de l'Institut de Philologie et d'Histoire Orientales et Slaves and Flambeau ) and a founding member of the Association Internationale des Études Byzantines . He was also a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts of Belgium and a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (since 1950).

literature

  • Mélanges Henri Grégoire . Four volumes, Brussels 1949–1952 (Festschrift with list of publications)
  • Hans-Georg Beck : Henri Grégoire, March 21, 1881– September 28, 1964 . In: Yearbook of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences 1965 . Munich 1966, pp. 182-184
  • Charles Delvoye: Notice on Henri Grégoire, Membre de l'Académie. In: Académie Royale de Belgique. Annuaire 1990 . Brussels 1990, pp. 133–262 (with picture and list of publications)
  • Peter Wirth: Grégoire, Henri . In: Biographical Lexicon on the History of Southeast Europe . Volume 2. Munich 1976, p. 85 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Grégoire, Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian historian and Byzantinist
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Huy (Belgium)
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1964
Place of death Brussels