Le Jardin des Personnalités, Honfleur #8: Albert Sorel

Albert Sorel (1842-1906), the writer and historian born in Honfleur was also professor at the École des sciences politiques. He has been mentioned before in a previous post.

Albert Sorel in Honfleur, Calvados (14)

Albert Sorel (1842-1906) was a French historian born in Honfleur and the cousin of the philosopher and sociologist George Sorel. He was a member of the Académie française and the founder of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques. He worked for thirty years on his greatest publication, which was in eight volumes: L’Europe et la Révolution française (1885-1940).