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Michelet

American  
[meeshuh-ley] / miʃəˈleɪ /

noun

  1. Jules 1798–1874, French historian.


Michelet British  
/ miʃəle /

noun

  1. Jules (ʒyl). 1798–1874, French historian, noted esp for his Histoire de France (17 vols, 1833–67)

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The influential historian Jules Michelet, a Huguenot, famously termed Catherine "the maggot from Italy's tomb."

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2022

Throughout 132 years of French colonisation the streets were respectively known as rue d'Isly, Boulevard Michelet and rue Sadi Carnot.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2022

“In the 19th century, Jules Michelet, who wrote the French history textbook for schools, detested Eleanor, because she had abandoned the French king,” explained Sébastien Lefebvre, a guide in Poitiers.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2021

The French historian Jules Michelet said that the nation is a daily plebiscite.

From Slate • Jul. 12, 2019

“Beware, La Gioconda is a dangerous picture,” writes the French historian Jules Michelet.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day