Jean Favier

1932 - 2014

country of citizenship: France

languages spoken, written or signed: French

educated at: École des Chartes, Lycée Henri-IV, University of Paris

occupation: archivist, historian, academic

award received: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Commander of the Order of the Oak Crown, Commander of the Order of the Crown, Grand Prix Gobert, Concours général, Pierre Lafue Prize, prix Gobert, Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America

position held: president, directeur des Archives de France

Jean Favier (2 April 1932 – 12 August 2014) was a French historian, who specialized in Medieval history. From 1975 to 1994, he was director of the French National Archives. From 1994 to 1997, he was president of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. He was a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres since 1985. Source: Wikipedia (en)