François Furet (27 March1927 - 12 July1997) is an influential French historian who attacked the way the French Revolution is interpreted by Marxist historians. His 1978 work "Interpreting the French Revolution" set about treating the Revolution less as the result of social and class conflict than of political tensions. March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The period of the French Revolution in the history of France covers the years between 1789 and 1799, in which democrats and republicans overthrew the absolute monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ...
FrancoisFuret, one of the world's leading authorities on the French Revolution, died July 12 in Toulouse, France, where he had been treated for a head injury he suffered while playing tennis earlier in the week.
In March, Furet was elected to the Academie Francaise, France's premier intellectual society.
Furet, one of France's leading scholars, helped redefine the interpretation of the French Revolution through his many books, including Interpreting the French Revolution (1978), Marx and the French Revolution (1986), The Revolution 1770-1880 (1988) and A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution (1988), which he co-edited.
Furet served as Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris and as a professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.
There is now a François Furet school in the suburbs of Paris as well as a François Furet prize given out every year.
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