Patrick de Gmeline

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Patrick de Gmeline, or von Gmelin, born 3 May 1946 in Paris, is a historian of military history. Patrick de Gmeline is the grandson of Wilhelm-Johann von Gmelin, a colonel of the Lancers of the Russian Imperial Guard who was shot by the Bolsheviks. After spending twelve years at the Lycée Carnot in Paris from 1952 to 1965 (he was secretary general and then president of the alumni association), he pursued studies in law (he holds the CAPA and completed his bar traineeship in Paris), and after holding leadership positions in advertising and then as secretary general of an employers' association, he began a literary career devoted to history.