Joseph Billioud

Joseph Billioud (1 August 1888 – 7 March 1963) was a 20th-century French historian.

A student at École nationale des chartes, he graduated as archivist paleographer with a thesis entitled « Les États du duché de Bourgogne jusqu'en 1498 » (class 1911).

[1] Appointed chief curator of the library and archives of the city of Marseille,[2] he authored more than 300 articles on the history of art and the economic life of Marseille and Provence.

In 1950, along other scholars, he founded the Institut historique de Provence, the review Provence historique (organe de la Fédération historique de Provence)[3] of which he became first director.

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