Paul Harsin
Paul Marie Isidore Harsin (1902–1983) was an economic and political historian who held doctorates in the humanities, social sciences, and law. He was a professor at the University of Liège for over 40 years and briefly served as president of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.
Life[edit]
Harsin was born in Liège on 21 January 1902. In 1928 he succeeded his teacher, Karl Hanquet, as professor of history, teaching until 1970.[1] In 1950, he was awarded the Francqui Prize in Human Sciences. He was elected a corresponding member of the Belgian Royal Academy on 7 May 1951, a full member on 5 December 1955, and served as president in 1967.[2] He died in Liège on 11 July 1983.
Publications[edit]
- Les relations extérieures de la principauté de Liège sous Jean Louis d'Elderen et Joseph Clément de Bavière, 1688–1718 (Liège and Paris, 1927)[3]
- Crédit public et Banque d'Etat en France du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle (Paris, 1933)[4]
- La Révolution liégeoise de 1789 (Brussels, 1953)[5][6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ Jean Stengers (1983). "Hommage à Paul Harsin". Bulletins de l'Académie Royale de Belgique. 69: 379–381.
- ^ "Paul Marie Isidore Harsin". academie.be. Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.
- ^ Reviewed by Hans Van Werveke in Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire, 7:1 (1928), pp. 246-249.
- ^ Reviewed by Eugène-Gabriel Ledos in Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes, 94 (1933), pp. 371-374.
- ^ Reviewed by Paul Leuilliot in Revue d’histoire moderne et contemporaine, 2:1 (1955), pp. 78-80.
- ^ Reviewed by Louis Jacob in Revue du Nord, 141 (1954), pp. 91-92.
- ^ Reviewed by Lucien Febvre in Annales. Economies, sociétés, civilisations, 10:4 (1955), pp. 588-589.
External links[edit]
- International Committee for Historical Demography Archived 24 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine (ICHD)
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