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Gilbert Chinard
Gilbert Chinard | |
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| Born | October 17, 1881 Châtellerault, France |
| Died | February 8, 1972 (aged 90) Princeton, New Jersey, USA |
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| Spouse | Emma Blanchard |
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Gilbert Chinard (1881–1972) was a French-American historian, professor emeritus, who authored over 40 books.
Born on October 17, 1881, in Chatellerault, France, to Hilaire and Marie (Blanchard) Chinard, educated at the Universities of Poitiers[1] and Bordeaux, in 1908, he married Emma Blanchard, then moved to New York as a visiting instructor in French Literature, leading him in an American academic career, teaching positions at Brown University (1908–12), the University of California, Berkeley (1912–1919), Johns Hopkins University (1919–36), and Princeton University (1937–1950).[2]
Chinard was awarded Guggenheim Fellowship for French Literature.[3] He was promoted from Chevalier to Officier of the Légion d’Honneur in 1934.[4]
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