Background
Chevalier, François was born on May 27, 1914 in Montluçon, Allier, France. Son of Jacques and Marie (Mercier) Chevalier.
Chevalier, François was born on May 27, 1914 in Montluçon, Allier, France. Son of Jacques and Marie (Mercier) Chevalier.
Licence in history in geography, University Grenoble, France, 1936. Archiviste paleographe degree, Ecole National Chartes, Paris, 1940. Doctorate, The Sorbonne, Paris, 1949.
Researcher, professor French Institute Mexico, 1946-1949. Director French Institute Latin America, Mexico, 1949-1962. Professor University Bordeaux, 1962-1966.
Director Casa Velazquez, Madrid, 1967-1979. Professor University Sorbonne, Paris, 1970-1984, professor emeritus, since 1984.
Second lieutenant French Army, 1939-1940.
Married Josèphe Charvet, June 1, 1949. Children: Manuel, Miguel, Vincent.