Gustave Bloch

Gustave Bloch was a French Jewish historian of ancient history. He was the father of historian Marc Bloch, who along with Lucien Febvre was co-founder of the École des Annales.

Biographical sketch

Born in Fegersheim, Bas-Rhin, Bloch received his agrégation 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 started work as a professor of Greek and Roman antiquities at the University of Lyon. Beginning in 1888, he taught history at the École Normale Supérieure, where he succeeded historian Paul Guiraud. From 1904 to 1919, he was a professor of Roman history at the Faculté des lettres de Paris.

Selected writings

"La République romaine. Les Conflits politiques et sociaux", in The Roman Republic. Political and Social Conflicts.
"L'Empire romain. Evolution et décadence", in The Roman Empire. Evolution and Decadence.