Michel Laurencin

Michel Laurencin (20 October 1944 – 8 January 2023) was a French academic and historian who specialized in the history of Touraine.

Biography
After earning an agrégation and a doctorate in literature, Laurencin became a teacher at the Lycée d'Amboise before moving to the Lycée Balzac in 1972. In 1975, he became a professor at Cairo University, at the Institut français du Royaume-Uni in 1978, the Prytanée national militaire in 1984, and the Lycée Descartes (Tours) in 1996.

Laurencin was a member of the High Council of French Citizens Abroad and of the Société archéologique de Touraine. He was also a titular member of and an archivist for the Académie des sciences, arts et belles-lettres de Touraine.

Laurencin died on 8 January 2023, at the age of 78.

Publications

 * "L'aqueduc gallo-romain de Luynes et l'antique cité de Malliacum (Indre-et-Loire)" (1967)
 * La vie quotidienne en Touraine au temps de Balzac (1981)
 * Dictionnaire biographique de Touraine (1990)
 * "Le couvent de Jésus-Maria et les Minimes du Plessis-lès-Tours depuis la fin du XVe siècle" (1995)
 * En Touraine à l'aube du XXe siècle : un enfant du Véron, Gilbert Plouzeau (1900-1975) (2002)
 * Le Lycée Descartes. Histoire d'un établissement d'enseignement à Tours, 1807-2007 : édition du bicentenaire

Distinctions

 * Knight of the Legion of Honour
 * Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite
 * Officer of the Ordre des Palmes académiques
 * Prix Mottart (1981)