Louis Léon Théodore Gosselin (7 October 1855, inRichemont, Moselle – 7 February 1935) was a Frenchhistorian andplaywright who wrote under the pen nameG. Lenotre. He wrote articles in publications such asLe Figaro,Revue des deux mondes,Le Monde illustré andLe Temps. He also produced numerous works dealing with theFrench Revolution, especially theReign of Terror, constructed from his research intoprimary documents of the era. His work was recognized and admired by his contemporaries. Gosselin was made an officer of theLégion d'honneur and in 1932 was elected to theAcadémie française, but died before being able to sit in the Academy and never made the speech which he had written in homage to his predecessor,René Bazin.
His works include:Paris Révolutionnaire, La Guillotine et les exécuteurs des arrêts criminels pendant la Révolution; Un conspirateur royaliste pendant la Terreur : le baron de Bats; Le Vrai Chevalier de Maison-Rouge; La Captivité et la mort de Marie-Antoinette; La Chouannerie normande au temps de l’Empire; Le Drame de Varennes; Les Massacres de Septembre; Les Fils dePhilippe-Égalité pendant la Terreur; Bleus, Blancs et Rouges; Le Roi Louis XVII et l’énigme du Temple; La Proscription des Girondins.
He also wrote for the theatre:Les Trois Glorieuses, Varennes, Les Grognards.
G. Lenotre died in Paris on 7 February 1935.
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