Fernand Braudel

Fernand Braudel
Born	Fernand Paul Achille Braudel (1902-08-24)24 August 1902 Luméville-en-Ornois, France
Died	27 November 1985(1985-11-27) (aged 83) Cluses, France
Occupation	Historian
Spouses	Paulette Valier ​ ​ (m. 1927; div. 1933)​ Paule Pradel ​ (m. 1933)​
Children	2
Academic background
Education	University of Paris
Thesis	La Méditerranée et le Monde méditerranéen à l'époque de Philippe II (1947)
Doctoral advisor	Georges Pagès [fr][1], Roger Dion [fr]
Academic work
Institutions	University of Algiers (1924–1932), Lycée Pasteur (Neuilly-sur-Seine), Lycée Condorcet and Lycée Henri-IV (1932–1935), University of São Paulo (1935–1937), École pratique des hautes études (1937–1939, 1945–1968)
Notable students	François Furet

Fernand Paul Achille Braudel (French: [fɛʁnɑ̃ bʁodɛl]; 24 August 1902 – 27 November 1985) was a French historian. His scholarship focused on three main projects: The Mediterranean (1923–49, then 1949–66), Civilization and Capitalism (1955–79), and the unfinished Identity of France (1970–85). He was a member of the Annales School of French historiography and social history in the 1950s and 1960s.

Braudel emphasized the role of large-scale socioeconomic factors in the making and writing of history.^[2] He is considered a precursor of the world-systems theory.^[3]