Albert Marius Soboul (April 27, 1914–September 11, 1982) was a French historian of the French Revolution of 1789–1799 and of Napoleon. Born April 27, 1914 in Ammi-Moussa (Oran), Algeria, he lost his father in November 1914, during World War I. He and his older sister Gisele lived first in Algiers, then in Nîmes in the care of his aunt Marie after their mother died in 1922. He received a sound education at the lycee of Nîmes, then at the Lycee Louis-le-Grand in Paris and finally at the Sorbonne. April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Liberty Leading the People, a painting by Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830 but which has come to be generally accepted as symbolic of French popular uprisings against the monarchy in general and the French Revolution in particular. ... Napoleon I of France, by Jacques-Louis David. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Oran (population 700,000) (Arabic: ولاية وهران ) is a city in northwest Algeria, situated on the Mediterranean Sea coast. ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total of dead: 8 million Military dead: 4 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total dead: 7 million The First... Map of Algeria showing Algiers province Algiers (French Alger, (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر) El-Jazair, The Islands) is the capital and largest city of Algeria in North Africa. ... Location within France Nîmes is a city and commune of southern France, préfecture (capital) of the Gard département. ... High School also refers to the highest form of classical riding, High School Dressage. ... The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city For other uses, see Paris (disambiguation). ... The Sorbonne, Paris, in a 17th century engraving The historic University of Paris (French: Université de Paris) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was in 1970 reorganized as 13 autonomous universities (University of Paris I–XIII). ...

By 1936 he had already published a book on the revolutionary Saint-Just, written under the pseudonym of Pierre Derocles. Already involved in Communist Party activity, Soboul formally joined the party in 1939. Called up for military service that same year, he served in the horse-drawn artillery without seeing combat before being demobilized in 1940. Soon afterward he received a teaching position at the lycee of Montpellier, but was dismissed in July 1942 after organizing a student demonstration. He spent most of the war years doing research for the Musée des Arts et Traditions Populaires. Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just (August 25, 1767 - July 28, 1794), usually referred to simply as Saint-Just, was a French revolutionary leader. ... The French Communist Party (French: Parti communiste français or PCF) is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism. ... Location within France Montpellier (Occitan Montpelhièr) is a city in the south of France. ...

After the end of the German Occupation, Soboul returned to teaching, first at the lycee of Montpellier, then at the Lycee Marcelin Berthelot and finally the Lycee Henri IV. Soboul became a close friend of the eminent historian Georges Lefebvre and wrote his 1,100-page doctoral dissertation, Les sans-culottes parisiens en l'an II (The Parisian sans-culottes in the Year II, 1958), under his direction. Soboul was promoted to the University of Clermont-Ferrand, then in 1967 to the chair of the history of the French Revolution at the Sorbonne. Georges Lefebvre (1874-1959) was a French historian, who was considered in his day to be the leading authority on the French Revolution, with a formidable scholarly reputation, editing the most respected journal on the subject, Annales historiques de la Révolution française and holding the position of Professor... Painted rendition of a sans-culottes. ... The French Republican Calendar or French Revolutionary Calendar is a calendar proposed during the French Revolution, and used by the French government for about twelve years from late 1793. ...

Over the next fifteen years he published numerous historical works, notably the three-volume La Civilisation de la Revolution francaise (The Civilization of the French Revolution). He faced increasing opposition to his class-struggle interpretation of the period from "revisionists" such as Francois Furet and Denis Richet, and since his sudden death at his home in Nîmes on September 11, 1982, Soboul's reputation has dimmed. Nonetheless, his body of work, characterized by substantial research and clear style, remains an important contribution to the study of "history from below." Class struggle is class conflict looked at from a Marxist, libertarian socialist, or anarchist perspective. ... Revisionism is a word which has several meanings. ... François Furet (27 March 1927 - 12 July 1997) is an influential French historian who attacked the way the French Revolution is interpreted by Marxist historians. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... History from below is a form of historical narrative which was developed as a result of the Annales School and popularised in the 1960s. ...

Soboul is buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery, not far from the graves of prominent Communist Party leaders and the Communards' Wall, where the last Communards were shot in May, 187l. Looking down the hill at the Père-Lachaise cemetery The cimetière du Père-Lachaise (pronounced ) is the largest cemetery in the city of Paris (there are larger cemeteries in Paris suburbs). ... Communards Wall at the Père Lachaise cemetery The Communards’ Wall (F.: Mur des Fédérés) at the Père Lachaise cemetery is where, on May 28, 1871, one-hundred forty-seven fédérés, combatants of the Paris Commune, were shot and thrown in an open trench at the foot of the wall. ...