Henri Gouhier

Who was Henri Gouhier?

Henri Gouhier was a French philosopher, a historian of philosophy, and a literary critic.

Born in Auxerre, Yonne, his educational studies led to a doctorate in 1926. He served as the Professor of philosophy at the College de Troyes from 1925 to 1928 then joined the Faculty of Arts at the University of Lille between 1929 and 1940 then with the University of Bordeaux during1940 and 1941.

Gouhier was a Professor at the Sorbonne for twenty-seven years from 1941 to 1968. In 1979 he was elected to the Académie française and in 1988 was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca.

Gouhier supervised the undergraduate dissertation of famed sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, a translation and commentary of Leibniz's Animadversions.

He died in Paris.