Career
He wrote articles in publications such as Le Figaro, Revue des deux mondes, Le Monde illustré and Le Temps. He also produced numerous works dealing with the French Revolution, especially the Reign of Terror, constructed from his research into primary documents of the era. His work was recognized and admired by his contemporaries.
Gosselin was made an officer of the Légion d"honneur and in 1932 was elected to the Académie française, but died before being able to sit in the Academy and never made the speech which he had written in homage to his predecessor, René Bazin.
He also wrote for the theatre: Les Trois Glorieuses, Varennes, Les Grognards. G. Lenotre died in Paris on 7 February 1935.