What is Marc Ferro?
{{Infobox person | name = Marc Ferro | image = Historian Marc Ferro.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1924|12|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Paris, France | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|21|1924|12|24|df=y}} | death_place = [[Saint-Germain-en-Laye]], France | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = [[France|French]] | other_names = | known_for = | education = | occupation = Historian }} '''Marc Ferro''' (24 December 1924 – 21 April 2021) was a French historian. He was Director of Studies in Social Sciences at the [[École des hautes études en sciences sociales]]. He was a co-director of the French review ''[[Annales School|Annales]]'' and co-editor of the ''[[Journal of Contemporary History]].'' He was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Ferro_Marc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Ferro_Marc |title=Marc Ferro |publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> Ferro died in [[Saint-Germain-en-Laye]] in April 2021 at the age of 96.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Catinchi |first1=Philippe-Jean |title=L’historien français Marc Ferro est mort |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2021/04/22/l-historien-francais-marc-ferro-est-mort_6077641_3382.html |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=Le Monde |date=22 April 2021 |language=fr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferro, Marc}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:French historians]] [[Category:Writers from Paris]] [[Category:Members of Academia Europaea]] {{bio-stub}}