Gustave Lanson
French historian
Died when: 77 years 132 days (928 months)Star Sign: Leo
Gustave Lanson (5 August 1857 – 15 December 1934) was a French historian and literary critic.He taught at the Sorbonne and the École Normale Supérieure in Paris.
A dominant figure in French literary criticism, he influenced several generations of writers and critics through his teachings, which were anti-systematic and promoted a scrupulous and erudite approach to texts via extensive firsthand research, inventorying, and in-depth historical investigation.
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