Henri Pirenne
Belgian historian
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Henri Pirenne was a Belgian historian. A medievalist of Walloon descent, he wrote a multivolume history of Belgium in French and became a prominent public intellectual. Wikipedia
Born: December 23, 1862, Verviers, Belgium
Died: October 24, 1935 (age 72 years), Uccle, Belgium
Children: Jacques Pirenne and Jacqueline Pirenne
Notable works: Medieval Cities: Their Origins and the Revival of Trade (1927); Mohammed and Charlemagne (1937)