Researching Louis Robert
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1464 people with the Robert surname? In that year Robert was ranked number 2195 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Louis means "Famous in Battle" and is of German origin.
Records of Louis Robert on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Louis Robert and the Robert Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Robert Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Robert family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Robert surname in the USA? Robert is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Louis Robert
Louis Robert (historian)
Louis Robert (Laurière, 15 February 1904 - Paris, 31 May 1985) was a professor of Greek history and Epigraphy at the Collège de France, and author of many volumes and articles on Greek epigraphy (of all periods, from the archaic period to Late Antiquity), numismatics, and the historical geography of Greek lands. Robert studied at the École Normale Supérieure from 1924 to 1927, was a member of the École française d'Athènes from 1927 to 1932, and taught at the École pratique des hautes études (IVth section) in Paris from 1932. He was made full professor at the Collège de France in 1939, where he remained until his retirement in 1974. He continued to publish on Greek epigraphy with his wife, Jeanne Robert, as co-author, as he had done since their marriage and until his death in 1985.
Source: Louis Robert (historian), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Louis de Robert
Louis de Robert (5 March 1871, Paris – 27 September 1937) was a French writer, winner of the prix Femina in 1911.
He became friends with Émile Zola during the Dreyfus Affair and took a stand for the revision of the trial.
A regular collaborator in The Journal, with Jules Renard, Alphonse Allais, Octave Mirbeau, he was the first reader of the proofs of Du côté de chez Swann, and dissuaded his friend Marcel Proust to shorten his novel.
Le Roman du malade, serialized in Le Figaro then published by the, Prix Femina 1911, the novel was admired by Maurice Barres, Anna de Noailles, Robert de Montesquiou and Colette. He won the Prix of the Académie française
Fallen in love with the thirty years younger Jeanne Humbert, he married her at the town hall of Sannois on November 8, 1928. She survived him more than half a century and published her autobiography Le cœur a ses raisons in 1986, on vanity press.
Source: Louis de Robert, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Robert
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