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About Ernest Renan
Joseph Ernest Renan was a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, writing on Semitic languages and civilizations, historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar, and critic. He wrote works on the origins of early Christianity, and espoused popular political theories especially concerning nationalism, national identity, and the supposed superiority of white people over other human races.
Everything about Ernest Renan →- Occupation
- philosopher, historian, writer, professor
- Position held
- Director of the Collège de France, president, president, president
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- February 27, 1823, February 28, 1823
- Died
- October 2, 1892, October 12, 1892