Émile Bourgeois

Émile Bourgeois (24 July 1857 – 25 August 1934) was a French historian.

Life

Born in Paris, Bourgeois was educated at the École Normale Supérieure in rue d'Ulm and later taught at the École supérieure de journalisme de Paris. A specialist in 17th century history, in 1895 Bourgeois was appointed as maître de conférence at an École normale supérieure, but he gave up the post in 1904 to accept a professorship in history at the Sorbonne, where he remained until he retired in 1921. Early in the 20th century he became a contributor to The Cambridge Modern History.

In 1920 he was elected to the Académie des sciences morales et politiques and died in 1934.