Gilbert Chinard | |
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| Born | October 17, 1881 Châtellerault, France |
| Died | February 8, 1972 (aged 90) |
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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]
Among the many[5] books he authored, were, notably: “Thomas Jefferson, the Apostle of Americanism” (1929), “Hon, est John Adams” (1933) and “L'Apothdose de Benjamin Franklin”, published in Paris in 1955.[6] Famed as a Jefferson scholar.[7] He is noted as being sympathetic to Jefferson.[8]
During WWII, Chinard was active in Free France.[9] In May 1941, Chinard was "one of the seven most influential French men in America" who wrote President Roosevelt, to "congratulate him on his strong warning to the Vichy government."[1] In 1942, he presided over a France Forever meeting.[10] And in 1946, joined its ceremonial activities with Albert Simard.[11]
Chinard was a member of the American Philosophical Society, an honorary member of the American Association of Teachers of French.[12] and president of the Modern Language Association[6] (in 1956).
Chinard died on February 8, 1972, in Princeton, at the age of 90.
The Gilbert Chinard Prize is awarded each year by the Society for French Historical Studies - for a book published the preceding year by a North American press in one of the two following fields: the history of French-American relations; or the comparative history of France and North, Central, or South America.[2]
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- 1 2 Host bibliographic record for boundwith item barcode 89058306143. 1973. pp. 15–17.
- 1 2 "Gilbert Chinard". SFHS. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
- ↑ "Gilbert Chinard". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
- ↑ "Communications and Notes" (PDF). The French Review. 8 (1): 62. November 1934. JSTOR 380179. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ↑ Chinard, Gilbert 1881-1972, Worldcat.org
- 1 2 "GILBERT CHINARD; TAUGHT FRENCH". The New York Times. 1972-02-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
- ↑ Waldstreicher, David (2013-05-06). A Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams. John Wiley & Sons. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-470-65558-0.
- ↑ Ambrose, Douglas; Martin, Robert W. T. (2007). The Many Faces of Alexander Hamilton: The Life and Legacy of America's Most Elusive Founding Father. NYU Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-8147-0724-1.
- ↑ Revue de la France libre, Revue No. 209, Jan Feb, 1975. Fondation de la France libre.
- ↑ Sraff Correspondent, "'France Forever' Thanks US." Free France, April 14, 1942.
- ↑ Inc, France Forever (1946). Year Book. pp. 128, 134, 137.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ "Directory of the American Association of Teachers of French". The French Review. 28 (6): 571–608. 1955. ISSN 0016-111X. JSTOR 382827.