Background
Piel, Jean Henri was born on August 23, 1936 in Asniéres, France. Son of Fernand and Odette Piel.
Piel, Jean Henri was born on August 23, 1936 in Asniéres, France. Son of Fernand and Odette Piel.
Graduate, Ecole Normale d'Instituteurs, Paris, 1958. Graduate, Ecole Normale Supérieure, St. Cloud, France, 1964. Doctor D'Etat, University Sorbonne, Paris, 1974.
Professor secondary school, France, 1964—1965. Research fellow Institute Francais D'Etudes Andines, Lima, Peru, 1965—1968, National Center for Science Research, Paris, 1968—1974. Associate professor University Paris 7, 1974—1976, professor, 1983—1991, since 1995.
Cooperating professor University Tunis, Tunisia, 1976—1978, University Libreville, Gabon, 1978—1981, University Yaounde, Cameroon, 1981—1983. Honorary professor National University Salta, Argentina, 1989. Director Center d'Etudes Mexicainos et Cetre Americaines, Guatemala, 1991—1995.
Member of French Association Modern and Contemporaneous Historians.
Married Frédérique Tiffou, April 9, 1960 (divorced 1982). Children: Laurent, Eve.