Abel Lefranc

Abel Lefranc ( born July 27, 1863 in Élincourt - Sainte-Marguerite, Oise, † November 27, 1952 in Paris) was a French historian, linguist, literary critic and Shakespeare researchers.

Life and work

Lefranc studied at the École des Chartes and graduated in 1886 from the historiographical work Histoire de la ville de Noyon et de ses institutions jusqu'à la fin du siècle XIIIe (Paris 1887). After studying in Leipzig and Berlin (1887 ), he first worked at the National Archives, then from 1893 to 1904 as secretary, archivist and librarian of the Collège de France. He was also, from 1901, Maître de conférences at the École pratique des hautes études. In 1904 he was ( against competitors Ferdinand Brunetière ) to succeed Émile Deschanel to the chair of Modern French Literature of the Collège de France called ( until 1937 ). From 1909 to 1914 he also taught at Harvard University and in Chicago. In 1911 he was at the École pratique des hautes études d' étude promoted to Director. The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1927 elected him into their midst. He founded in 1903 the Société des études rabelaisiennes and the Revue des études rabelaisiennes (later Revue du XVIe siècle ). As for the identity of Shakespeare, he developed a theory that does not prevailed.

Abel Lefranc was Commander of the Legion of Honour.

Other works

  • La Jeunesse de Calvin Paris, 1888
  • Histoire du Collège de France depuis ses origines jusqu'à la fin du premier Empire, Paris 1893
  • (Ed.) Les Dernières poésies de Marguerite de Navarre, Paris 1896
  • Les Idées religieuses de Marguerite de Navarre d'après son œuvre poétique, Paris 1898
  • Les navigation de Pantagruel. Etudes sur la géographie rabelaisienne, Paris 1905
  • Maurice de Guerin d'après des documents inédits, Paris 1910
  • Les lettres et les idées depuis la Renaissance. Grands écrivains français de la Renaissance, 2 vols, Paris from 1910 to 1914.1969 ( Collected Writings )
  • (Ed.) Calvin, Institution de la religion chrestienne. Lyrics de la première édition française (1541 ), Paris 1911, Geneva 1978
  • (Ed. with others) Oeuvres de Rabelais. Édition critique, 5 vols, Paris 1912-1931
  • La Vie quotidienne au temps de la Renaissance, Paris 1938
  • À la découverte de Shakespeare, 2 vols, Paris 1945
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