"PIERRE DE LA GORCE (1846-), French historian, was born at Vannes June 29 1846. He devoted himself to the study in particular of the history of the 19th century, and pro duced various works of much learning, the chief being Histoire de la Seconde Republique Francaise (1887), Histoire du Second Empire (1896-1905) and Histoire religieuse de la Revolution (1909). He was in 1914 elected a member of the French Academy, and in 1918 published a monograph, Deux Freres: Andre et Pierre de Gailhard-Bancal.