French historian and leader of the annales school.
Born August 24th, 1902 in Luméville-en-Ornois. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1985 at 83 years old in Cluses.
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde