Presentation

Born May 10 1872, Épinal. Died February 11 1950.

Professional career

  • 1895 : Agrégé in philosophy
  • 1901 : Lecturer in the history of religions of uncivilized peoples at the École pratique des Hautes Études (Ve section)
  • 1925-1929  General Secretary, then Professor and member of the Board of Directors at the Institute of Ethnology, University of Paris
  • 1931-1942 : Professor of Sociology at the Collège de France
  • 1938 : Chairman of the5th section of the École pratique des Hautes Études
  • 1940 : Resigned and retired under anti-Semitic legislation

Awards and honors

  • Officer of the Légion d'honneur
  • Croix de guerre (1914-1918)

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