F.-A. (François-Alphonse) Aulard

Born in 1849, François-Victor-Alphonse Aulard was a French historian and one of the best-known early scholars of the French Revolution. He became especially associated with the study of revolutionary politics and with the careful use of archival sources.

Aulard taught at the Sorbonne, where he held a chair devoted to the history of the French Revolution. He wrote widely on the period, including work on Danton, political history, and the revolutionary government, and he also edited important collections of documents that helped other historians study the era more closely.

Remembered as a major academic figure of his generation, he played a central role in shaping how the French Revolution was researched and taught in universities. He died in 1928, leaving behind a body of work that continued to influence historians long after his lifetime.