Lucien Febvre
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Lucien Febvre was a pioneering French historian and co-founder of the Annales School, known for transforming the study of history through interdisciplinary and long-term social analysis.
All labels observed (1)
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| Lucien Febvre canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5419533 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lucien Febvre Context triple: [Lucien, hasNotableBearer, Lucien Febvre]
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A.
François Furet
François Furet was a prominent French historian and intellectual best known for his influential reinterpretation of the French Revolution and his critiques of totalitarianism and communist ideology.
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B.
Dominique Tarlé
Dominique Tarlé is a French photographer best known for his intimate, behind-the-scenes images of rock musicians, particularly The Rolling Stones in the early 1970s.
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C.
Hippolyte Taine
Hippolyte Taine was a 19th-century French philosopher, historian, and literary critic known for his deterministic approach to history and literature, emphasizing the roles of race, milieu, and moment in shaping human behavior and culture.
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D.
Ernest Renan
Ernest Renan was a 19th-century French philosopher, historian, and philologist best known for his influential works on early Christianity and his controversial book "Life of Jesus."
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E.
Alexandre Koyré
Alexandre Koyré was a 20th-century historian and philosopher of science known for his influential studies on the Scientific Revolution and the development of modern scientific thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lucien Febvre Target entity description: Lucien Febvre was a pioneering French historian and co-founder of the Annales School, known for transforming the study of history through interdisciplinary and long-term social analysis.
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A.
François Furet
François Furet was a prominent French historian and intellectual best known for his influential reinterpretation of the French Revolution and his critiques of totalitarianism and communist ideology.
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B.
Dominique Tarlé
Dominique Tarlé is a French photographer best known for his intimate, behind-the-scenes images of rock musicians, particularly The Rolling Stones in the early 1970s.
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C.
Hippolyte Taine
Hippolyte Taine was a 19th-century French philosopher, historian, and literary critic known for his deterministic approach to history and literature, emphasizing the roles of race, milieu, and moment in shaping human behavior and culture.
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D.
Ernest Renan
Ernest Renan was a 19th-century French philosopher, historian, and philologist best known for his influential works on early Christianity and his controversial book "Life of Jesus."
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E.
Alexandre Koyré
Alexandre Koyré was a 20th-century historian and philosopher of science known for his influential studies on the Scientific Revolution and the development of modern scientific thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French historian
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essayist ⓘ human ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| coFounded |
Annales School
NERFINISHED
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Annales d’histoire économique et sociale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1878-07-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1956-09-26 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Henri Hauser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Paris
NERFINISHED
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École Normale Supérieure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Collège de France
NERFINISHED
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University of Strasbourg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century historiography ⓘ |
| familyName | Febvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economic history
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history ⓘ history of mentalities ⓘ social history ⓘ |
| givenName | Lucien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
European history
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modern history ⓘ |
| influenced |
Annales historiography
NERFINISHED
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Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie NERFINISHED ⓘ Fernand Braudel NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Bloch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
history of mentalities and collective psychology
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integrating geography into historical study ⓘ interdisciplinary approach to history ⓘ longue durée analysis ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | Académie des sciences morales et politiques NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Annales School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Combats pour l’histoire
NERFINISHED
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La Terre et l’évolution humaine NERFINISHED ⓘ Le Problème de l’incroyance au XVIe siècle: La religion de Rabelais NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippe II et la Franche-Comté NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Nancy, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Saint-Amour, Jura, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chair of modern history at the Collège de France
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professor at the University of Strasbourg ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Henriette Febvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lucien Febvre Description of subject: Lucien Febvre was a pioneering French historian and co-founder of the Annales School, known for transforming the study of history through interdisciplinary and long-term social analysis.
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