Théodore Gosselin
Illustration — Théodore Gosselin Louis Léon Théodore Gosselin (7 October 1855, in Richemont, Moselle – 7 February 1935) was a French historian and playwright who wrote under the pen name G. He wrote articles in publications such as Le Figaro, Revue des deux mondes, Le Monde illustré and Le Temps. He also produced numerous works dealing with the French Revolution, especially the Reign of Terror, constructed from his research into primary documents of the era. His work was recognized and admired by his contemporaries.
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Théodore Gosselin
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- Born
- 1855. · Pépinville Castle.
- Died
- 1935.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- writer and historian.
- Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour, Prix Thérouanne, Bordin Prize, Broquette-Gonin prize and prix Jean-Jacques Berger.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Théodore Gosselin Louis Léon Théodore Gosselin (7 October 1855, in Richemont, Moselle – 7 February 1935) was a French historian and playwright who wrote under the pen name G. He wrote articles in publications such as Le Figaro, Revue des deux mondes, Le Monde illustré and Le Temps. He also produced numerous works dealing with the French Revolution, especially the Reign of Terror, constructed from his research into primary documents of the era. His work was recognized and admired by his contemporaries.
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His works include: Paris Révolutionnaire, La Guillotine et les exécuteurs des arrêts criminels pendant la Révolution; Un conspirateur royaliste pendant la Terreur: le baron de Bats; Le Vrai Chevalier de Maison-Rouge; La Captivité et la mort de Marie-Antoinette; La Chouannerie normande au temps de l’Empire; Le Drame de Varennes; Les Massacres de Septembre; Les Fils de Philippe-Égalité pendant la Terreur; Bleus, Blancs et Rouges; Le Roi Louis XVII et l’énigme du Temple; La Proscription des Girondins. He also wrote for the theatre: Les Trois Glorieuses, Varennes, Les Grognards. Lenotre died in Paris on 7 February 1935.
Pierre Bessand-Massenet is recorded as having studied under Théodore Gosselin. The recorded working language is French. Positions recorded include president and seat 30 of the Académie française. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour, Prix Thérouanne, Bordin Prize and Broquette-Gonin prize.
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On origins, the institutional record states the following. Gosselin died in 1935 at Paris. The same evidence establishes that théodore Gosselin was born in 1855 at Pépinville Castle.
Portrait de G. Lenotre publié dans Joseph Uzanne, Figures contemporaines tirées de l’Album Mariani, Paris, Librairie Henri Floury, vol X, 1906.
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Dessin paru dans la revue Fantasio du 15 décembre 1932
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