Gustave Bloch (July 21, 1848, Fegersheim, Bas-Rhin – December 3, 1923) was a French Jewish^[1] historian of ancient history who was born in Fegersheim, a commune in the department of Bas-Rhin. He was the father of historian Marc Bloch (1886-1944), who with Lucien Febvre (1878-1956) was co-founder of the École des Annales.

He received his aggregation in 1872, and during the following year began teaching classes in rhetoric at Lycée de Besançon. In 1876 he became a lecturer, and several years later a professor, of Greek and Roman antiquities at the University of Lyon. Beginning in 1888 he taught history at the Ecole Normale Superieure, where he succeeded historian Paul Guiraud [1850-1907). From 1904 to 1919 he was a professor of Roman history at the Faculté des lettres in Paris.

[edit] Selected literature

• La République romaine. Les conflits politiques et sociaux, (The Roman Republic, Political and Social Conflicts), 1913
• L'Empire romain. Evolution et décadence. (The Roman Empire, Evolution and Decadence), 1922

[edit] References

• Rhetorical connections and networks in the nineteenth century (biographical information)
• [2] Members of École Française d'Athenes

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