Background

Baldensperger, Fernand was born on May 4, 1871 in Saint-Die (Vosges), France. Son of Phillippe and Julie (Haas) Baldensperger.

Education

Certified d’etudes, Ecole communale Saint-Die, 1880, B.L., College de la ville de Saint-Die, 1888, Lycee Louis-le Grand, Paris, 1889, License Lettres, University Nancy, 1890, University Heidelberg Berlin, Bonn, 1890-1891, Agreg, University in Paris, 1892. Doct. Lettres, University Paris, 1899, University Zurich, London, Edinburgh, 1893. Honorary degrees Columbia, Ann Arbor, Budapest.

Career

Asst professor University of Nancy, 1894. Professor University of Lyon, 1900-1910. Assistant professor and professor University of Paris, 1910-1935.

Leave of absence spent at Harvard 1913-1914, Columbia University 1917-1919, University of Strasbourg 1919-1923, Princeton 1932. Harvard 1935-1940, University of California at Los Angeles, 1940-1945. Private in Infantry Reg.

26 Nancy, 1892-1893, intelligence officer, 1914-1916. Croix de guerre, Instruction publique, Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’honneur, Ordres de Saint-Etienne (Hungary), Polonia Restituta, and Jugo-Slavia.

Membership

Member Academie des Sciences morales et politiques, Academie polonaise, American Academy (Boston), Lincei (Italy). Clubs: Autour du Monde (Boulogne-sur-Seine), Harvard Faculty (Cambridge).

Connections

Married Marie-Marguerite Bonzon, April. Children: Pauline-Anne (deceased), Albert-Jean, Jules-Pierre, Marie-Claude (Mistress Jean Caupenne).

Father:

Phillippe Baldensperger

Mother:

Julie (Haas) Baldensperger

Spouse:

Marie-Marguerite Bonzon

child:

Jules-Pierre Baldensperger

child:

Albert-Jean Baldensperger

child:

Marie-Claude Baldensperger (Mistress Jean Caupenne)

child:

Pauline-Anne Baldensperger (deceased)