Jean Orcibal

Jean Orcibal
Born(1913-05-10)10 May 1913
Bordeaux, France
Died18 December 1991(1991-12-18) (aged 78)
Bordeaux, France
OccupationHistorian
Academic background
EducationÉcole normale supérieure
École pratique des hautes études
Academic advisor
Alexandre Koyré
Academic work
InstitutionsFrench National Centre for Scientific Research
École pratique des hautes études
Doctoral students
Michel de Certeau

Jean Orcibal (10 May 1913 – 18 December 1991) was a French historian.

A member of the École française de Rome between 1933 and 1939, from 1952 he was directeur d'études at the École pratique des hautes études in his specialty, the history of modern and contemporary Catholicism. He particularly focused his research on Fénelon by editing his voluminous correspondence and on Jansenism. In 1990, he won the Amic Prize awarded by the Académie Française.

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References

  1. ↑ Le Brun, Jacques (1991). "Jean Orcibal (1913-1991)". École Pratique des Hautes Études, Section des Sciences Religieuses. 104 (100): 19–21. doi:10.3406/ephe.1991.14537.