Maurice Agulhon

Maurice Agulhon
Born	Maurice Louis Étienne Agulhon  20 December 1926  Uzès
Died	28 May 2014  Brignoles
Education	École normale supérieure, lycée du Parc, University of Paris, Lycée Mistral
Occupation	Historian
Employers	Lycée Thiers (1952–1954) Collège de France (1986–1997) French National Centre for Scientific Research (1954–1957) Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University (1972–1986) University of Provence (1957–1972)
Known for	French history of 19th and 20th centuries
Political party	French Communist Party
Awards	Officer of the Legion of Honor (1989) Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1995) Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms (1994) Grand Prix Gobert (1991) Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1995) Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (1989) Officer of the Legion of Honor (1998)

Maurice Agulhon (20 December 1926 – 28 May 2014) was a French historian, specializing in the contemporary history of France of the 19th and 20th centuries, and professor at the Collège de France from 1986 to 1997. Although his early work focused on the Révolution of 1848 in Provence, Maurice Agulhon went on to become one of the leading specialists on the institutions of the French Republic and the symbolism of republican power. He was also politically committed to the left, initially with the French Communist Party.

Further reading

• Jacqueline Lalouette, "Maurice Agulhon", in Patrick Cabanel and André Encrevé (dir.), Dictionnaire biographique des protestants français de 1787 à nos jours, vol. 1 : A-C, Les Éditions de Paris Max Chaleil, Paris, 2015, pp. 22-23, ISBN 978-2-84621-190-1.
• McPhee, Peter (16 March 2010). "1. Maurice Agulhon (1926–2014)". In Daileader, Philip; Whalen, Philip (eds.). French Historians 1900-2000: New Historical Writing in Twentieth-Century France. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 1–10. ISBN 978-1-4443-2366-5. OCLC 1039171649.
• Catherine Bernié-Boissard [in French]; Michel Boissard [in French]; Serge Velay [in French] (2009). Petit dictionnaire des écrivains du Gard (in French). Nîmes: Alcide. p. 13-14. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
• Christophe Charle [in French]; Jacqueline Lalouette [in French], eds. (2017). Maurice Agulhon. Aux carrefours de l'histoire vagabonde (in French). Publications de la Sorbonne.