Camille Rousset

Camille Rousset (* February 15, 1821 in Paris, † October 19, 1892 ) was a French historian, an official historian and librarian of the War Department; since 1871 member of the Académie française. He wrote several important works on French history from the time of Louis XIV to the conquest of Algeria; best known is his Histoire de Louvois 1861-63, for which he three times the Grand Prix Gobert won the Académie.

Works

• Histoire de Louvois et politique et militaire de son administration. - Paris, 1861-1863, 4 volumes