Background
Godechot, Jacques was born on January 3, 1907 in Luneville, France. Son of Georges and Therese (Lazard) Godechot.
historian university professor
Godechot, Jacques was born on January 3, 1907 in Luneville, France. Son of Georges and Therese (Lazard) Godechot.
Student, University Nancy, 1926. Agrégation d'Histoire, Sorbonne University, 1928. Doctorat és-Lettres, Sorbonne University, 1938.
As a frequent and varied contributor to the Annales Historiques de la Révolution Française, he acted as "a mediator, an intermediary between readers of the journal and Anglo-Saxon and Italian historiography of the Revolution". His emphasis on the international dimension of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century revolutions was crystallized in the concepts of Atlantic history and "occidental revolution". In 1955 Godechot collaborated with the Yale historian Robert Roswell Palmer to present a joint paper on "the problem of Atlantic history" at the 10th International Congress of Historical Sciences in Rome.
Served to captain French infantry, 1939-1945. Member Commission Institute Revolution, Academy of Sciences Morals and Politics.
Married Arlette Lambert, September 13, 1933. Children: Didier, Thierry, Yves, Eveline.