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Lucien de Rosny
1810–1871
A 19th-century French historian and ethnologist, he wrote with a strong curiosity about regional history, archaeology, and the wider world. His books range from studies of Lille and the Abbey of Loos to works on the Antilles and comparative American archaeology.
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L'idée de Dieu dans la philosophie religieuse de la Chine
by Lucien de Rosny
About the author
Lucien Joseph Prunol de Rosny was born in Valenciennes on February 2, 1810, and died in Levallois-Perret on April 23, 1871. French reference sources describe him as a historian, ethnologist, and translator, and note that he was the father of the scholar Léon de Rosny.
His career was unusually varied. He worked for several years as an accounting clerk at the Maison centrale de détention de Loos, while also building a body of writing centered on history and learned research. His published works include studies of Lille and the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Loos, along with titles such as Les Antilles and Recherches ethnographiques sur les serments, showing an interest that moved from local history to broader ethnographic and archaeological questions.
Today, he is remembered less as a household name than as a solid and curious 19th-century man of letters whose work connected regional French history with wider comparative study. That mix gives his writing a distinctive place for listeners interested in older historical scholarship and early ethnographic thought.