François Caron (historian)

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François Caron (24 March 1931 - 14 December 2014[1][2]) was a French economic historian, specialising in the economic history of France from the 19th century onwards.

Life

Born in

Compagnie du chemin de fer du Nord between 1846 and 1937.[3]

Works

Economic history

Railway history

Apart from his thesis, in 1973 he published via éditions Mouton a three-volume histoire des chemins de fer en France.

General history

  • La France des patriotes (1852-1918), volume 5 of the Histoire de France edited by Jean Favier, Fayard, 1985

References

  1. ^ (in French) Michèle Merger, « François Caron, 1931-2014 », ahicf.com, 14 December 2014.
  2. ^ (in French) Michèle Merger, « François Caron, 1931-2014 », Rails & Histoire, Paris, 2014
  3. ^ See the defence of his thesis in Revue historique, n° 494 (avril-juin 1970), pp. 522-529.