The Universit� Marc Bloch, also known as Strasbourg II or UMB is a university in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. As of 2004, it had around 13,000 students. Its name used to be "l'Universit� des Sciences Humaines" (the University of Social Sciences), but it was renamed in 1998 in honour of the French historian Marc Bloch. It retains its focus on humanities subjects and the social sciences.
MarcBloch (July 6 1886 - June 16 1944) was a historian of medieval France in the period between the First and Second World Wars and a founder of the Annales School.
Born at Lyon the son of the professor of ancient history Gustave BlochMarc studied at the Ecole Normale and Foundation Thiers in Paris then at Berlin and Leipzig.
Bloch was shot by the Gestapo during the German occupation of France for his work in the French Resistance.
Bloch has had lasting influence in the field of historiography through his unfinished manuscript The Historian's Craft, which he was working on when he was killed by the Germans.
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