Pierre Gaxotte
Pierre Gaxotte was a French historian.
Gaxotte was born in Revigny-sur-Ornain, Meuse. He began his career as a history teacher at the Lycée Charlemagne and later worked as a columnist for Le Figaro. Over the course of his life he authored numerous historical studies, and was elected to the Académie française in 1953.
He is famous for his critical vision of the French Revolution, notably in The French Revolution, and for his rehabilitation of the French 18th century. He is also known as a far-right-wing journalist of the Entre-deux-Guerres period, with links to the Action française and the newspaper Je suis partout. He left the position of editor at the newspaper in 1937, being replaced by Robert Brasillach.