Background
Balard, Michel was born on March 30, 1936 in Sucy-en-Brie, Val-de-Marne, France. Son of Lucien Balard, Raymonde Cordonnier.
Balard, Michel was born on March 30, 1936 in Sucy-en-Brie, Val-de-Marne, France. Son of Lucien Balard, Raymonde Cordonnier.
Bachelor of Science, Sorbonne, Paris, 1953. Agrégation d'Histoire, Sorbonne, Paris, 1959. Doctor of Letters, Sorbonne, Paris, 1976.
Master Lycée J. Amyot, Melun, France, 1959—1965. Member French School at Rome, 1965—1968. Senior lecturer University Paris 1, 1968—1976, full professor medieval history, 1976—1988, University Reims, France, University Paris XII, Creteil, France, 1988—1991, Sorbonne, since 1991.
Director public Hachette Public, Paris, since 1973. Director research group National Center for Scientific Research, Paris, since 1992. Warrent officer French Army, 1960-1962.
Deputy mayor Commune, F-Sucy-En-Brie, France, since 2001. Director Clio 94, Créteil, France, since 1981. Fellow: Federation des Society historiques de Paris et de l'Ile-de-France (director since 1999).
Member: Society de l' Histoire de France, Society National des Antiquaires de France, Society des Historiens médiévistes de l'Enseignement supérieur 1985-1995, (honorary president since 1995).
Married Françoise Vercelot, April 25, 1962. 1 child Brigitte.