What is Philippe Contamine?
{{infobox person | name = Philippe Contamine | image = Philippe Contamine.jpg | caption = Contamine in 2016 | birth_date = {{birth date|1932|05|07|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Metz]], France | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|01|26|1932|05|07|df=yes}} | death_place = Paris, France | nationality = French | education = [[University of Paris]] }} '''Philippe Contamine''' (7 May 1932 – 26 January 2022) was a French historian. His works focused on the [[Middle Ages]]. Contamine was a president of the [[Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres]], the [[Société de l'histoire de France]], and the [[Societé des Antiquaires de France]]. He taught at the [[Université de Nancy]], the [[Université de Paris X]] at [[Nanterre]] and [[Paris-Sorbonne University|Université de Paris IV]] (Paris-Sorbonne). He was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Contamine_Philippe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Contamine_Philippe |title=Philippe Contamine |publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> Contamine died on 26 January 2022 in [[Paris]], at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite news |title=L'historien Philippe Contamine est mort |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2022/01/27/l-historien-philippe-contamine-est-mort_6111214_3382.html |access-date=27 January 2022 |publisher=Le Monde |date=27 January 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Contamine, Philippe}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:French historians]] [[Category:Members of Academia Europaea]] {{bio-stub}}