Ernest Denis
(1849-1921)
Died aged c. 72
Wikidata WikipediaErnest Denis (January 3, 1849 – January 4, 1921) was a French historian. Denis became known as a specialist of Germany and Bohemia, and played a major role in the establishment of the Czechoslovak state in 1918. Along with Louis Léger, he is considered to be one of the most highly regarded 20th-century historians of the Slav world in France. In 1916, and Edvard Beneš founded the Comité national tchèque in Paris, and almost at the same time Louis Eisenmann, Louis Léger, and Ernest Denis founded the Comité national d'études , which also advocated for the independence of a Czech state. In 1918, the French government created Czechoslovak legions. On 28 October 1918, the Republic of Czechoslovakia was proclaimed in Prague. Upon the death of Denis, the Czechoslovak state bought his house in Paris in order to create an institute for Slavic studies.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
La Répvbliqve Tchécoslovaqve par vne donation nationale a offert a l'Vniversité de Paris cette maison, qvi fvt celle d'Ernest Denis. Et ov il fonda en 1919 avec le génerevx concovrs des govvernements Tchécoslovaqve et Yovgoslave l'Institvt d'étvdes slaves
English translation: The Czechoslovak Republic, by a national donation, has offered to the University of Paris this house, that of Ernest Denis. And in 1919 he founded with the concerted generosity of the Czechoslovak and Ukrainian governments the Institutes of Slavonic Studies
9 rue Michelet, Paris, France where they lived