Michel Laurencin (20 October 1944 – 8 January 2023) was a French academic and historian who specialized in the history of Touraine.[1]
Michel Laurencin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 October 1944 |
| Died | 8 January 2023 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Professor Historian |
Biography
editAfter earning an agrégation and a doctorate in literature, Laurencin became a teacher at the Lycée d'Amboise before moving to the Lycée Balzac in 1972. In 1975, he became a professor at Cairo University, at the Institut français du Royaume-Uni in 1978, the Prytanée national militaire in 1984, and the Lycée Descartes in 1996.
Michel Laurencin was a member of the High Council of French Citizens Abroad and of the Société archéologique de Touraine. He was also a titular member of and an archivist for the Académie des sciences, arts et belles-lettres de Touraine.
Michel Laurencin died on 8 January 2023, at the age of 78.[2]
Publications
edit- "L'aqueduc gallo-romain de Luynes et l'antique cité de Malliacum (Indre-et-Loire)" (1967)[3]
- La vie quotidienne en Touraine au temps de Balzac (1981)[4]
- Dictionnaire biographique de Touraine (1990)
- "Le couvent de Jésus-Maria et les Minimes du Plessis-lès-Tours depuis la fin du XVe siècle" (1995)
- En Touraine à l'aube du XXe siècle : un enfant du Véron, Gilbert Plouzeau (1900-1975) (2002)
- Le Lycée Descartes. Histoire d'un établissement d'enseignement à Tours, 1807-2007 : édition du bicentenaire
Distinctions
edit- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite
- Officer of the Ordre des Palmes académiques
- Prix Mottart (1981)
References
edit- ^ "Son cri du coeur pour Tours " capitale "". La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). Indre-et-Loire. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Tours : l'historien spécialiste de la Touraine, Michel Laurencin, est décédé". La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). Tours. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ Laurencin, Michel (1967). "L'aqueduc gallo-romain de Luynes et l'antique cité de Malliacum (Indre-et-Loire) [article]". Persée (in French). 6 (3): 195–204. doi:10.3406/racf.1967.1375.
- ^ "Michel LAURENCIN". Académie Française (in French).