Background
Bede, Jean-Albert was born on April 2, 1903 in Caussade, France. Son of Honore and Heloise (Aillet) Bede.
Bede, Jean-Albert was born on April 2, 1903 in Caussade, France. Son of Honore and Heloise (Aillet) Bede.
Agrege des Lettres, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, 1927. Diploma, Ecole des Sciences Politiques, Paris, 1929.
February 1969). Came to the United States, 1929, naturalized, 1939. Instructor, Princeton, 1929-1930, assistant professor, 1930-1935. Associate professor Brown University, 1935-1937.
Associate professor Columbia, 1937-1945, professor, 1945-1969.
Blanche West. Knopf professor French, 1969-1971, emeritus, 1971-1977. Guggenheim fellow, 1948-1949.
Fulbright teaching fellow U. London, 1964-1965. Vice dean Faculty Letters, Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes, French Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, 1950-1971.
Director French translations Office War Information, New York City, 1944-1945.
Member Modern Language Association American, Societe des Professeurs Francais en Amerique (past president).
Married Lise Sittner, May 23, 1953 (deceased.