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Maurice Halbwachs

French sociologist (1877-1945), died in Buchenwald concentration camp

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Born
March 11, 1877
Died
March 16, 1945
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1877

About Maurice Halbwachs

Maurice Halbwachs (French: [mɔʁis albvaks]; 11 March 1877 – 16 March 1945) was a French philosopher and sociologist known for developing the concept of collective memory. Halbwachs also contributed to the sociology of knowledge with his La Topographie Legendaire des Évangiles en Terre Sainte, a study of the spatial infrastructure of the New Testament (1951). Maurice Halbwachs (French:; 11 March 1877 – 16 March 1945) was a French philosopher and sociologist known for developing the concept of collective memory.

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Maurice Halbwachs timeline

  1. Maurice Halbwachs (French:; 11 March 1877 – 16 March 1945) was a French philosopher and sociologist known for developing the concept of collective memory.
  2. Halbwachs also contributed to the sociology of knowledge with his La Topographie Legendaire des Évangiles en Terre Sainte, a study of the spatial infrastructure of the New Testament (1951).

The world when Maurice Halbwachs was born

Maurice Halbwachs was born in 1877. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineReconstruction ends — federal troops leave the South
  • Technology milestoneThomas Edison invents the phonograph
  • Notable inventionPhonograph — talking machine
  • World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRutherford B. Hayes
  • U.S. population44.2M

1877 versus 2026

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Measure18772026
Population44.2M341 million

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