Christian Pfister
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French historian and medievalist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Christian Pfister, name sometimes given as Chrétien Pfister was a French historian. He was the author of numerous writings associated with Alsace and Lorraine. He received his education at the École Normale Supérieure, and in 1881 obtained his agrégation in history. Afterwards, he worked as a lecturer at the universities of Besançon and Nancy . From 1887 to 1902 he was a professor of history at the University of Nancy. From 1904 he served as a professor at the Sorbonne in Paris, then in 1919 relocated to the University of Strasbourg, where in 1927 he was named academic rector.
