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- Gilbert Chinard (1881–1972) was a French-American historian, professor emeritus, who authored over 40 books. Born on October 17, 1881 in Chatellerault, France, to Hilaire and Marie (Blanchard) Chinard, educated at the Universities of Poitiers and Bordeaux, in 1908, he married Emma Blanchard, then moved to New York as a visiting instructor in French Literature, leading him in an American academic career, teaching positions at Brown University (1908-12), the University of California, Berkeley (1912-1919), Johns Hopkins University (1919-36), and Princeton University (1937-1950). Chinard was awarded Guggenheim Fellowship for French Literature. He was promoted from Chevalier to Officier of the Légion d’Honneur in 1934. Among the many books he authored, were, notably: “Thomas Jefferson, the Apostle of Americanism” (1929), “Hon, est John Adams” (1933) and “L'Apothdose de Benjamin Franklin”, published in Paris in 1955. Famed as a Jefferson scholar. He is noted as being sympathetic to Jefferson. During WWII, Chinard was active in Free France. In May 1941, Chinard was "one of the seven most influential French men in America" who wrote President Roosevelt, to "congratulate him on his strong warning to the Vichy government."In 1942, he presided over a France Forever meeting. And in 1946, joined its ceremonial activities with Albert Simard. Chinard was a member of the American Philosophical Society, an honorary member of the American Association of Teachers of French. and president of the Modern Language Association (in 1956). Chinard died on February 8, 1972, in Princeton, at the age of 90. The Gilbert Chinard Prize is awarded each year by the Society for French Historical Studies - for a book published the preceding year by a North American press in one of the two following fields: the history of French-American relations; or the comparative history of France and North, Central, or South America. (en)
- Gilbert Chinard, né à Châtellerault le 17 octobre 1881 et mort à Princeton, New Jersey, le 8 février 1972, était un historien de la littérature, spécialisé dans les relations franco-américaines. (fr)
- Gilbert Chinard, född 17 oktober 1881 i Châtellerault, Frankrike, död 1972 i Princeton, New Jersey, USA, var en fransk litteraturhistoriker. Chinard blev 1919 professor vid Johns Hopkins University i Baltimore. Chinard gjorde sig först känd genom en rad grundläggande undersökningar om intresset för den nya världen i fransk litteratur från renässansen till och med Chateaubriand, L'exotisme américain dans la littérature françaice au XVI.e siècle (1911), L'Amérique et le rêve exotique dans la littérature françaice au XVII:e siècle (1913), samt L'exotisme américain dans l'œuvre de Chateaubriand (1918). Senare inriktade han sig mer på de intellektuella förbindelserna mellan Frankrike och USA med verk som Volney et l'Amérique (1923), Les amitiés américaines de madame d'Houdetot (1923), Jefferson et les idéologues (1925) samt Les amitiés françaices de Jefferson (1927). (sv)
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- Gilbert Chinard, né à Châtellerault le 17 octobre 1881 et mort à Princeton, New Jersey, le 8 février 1972, était un historien de la littérature, spécialisé dans les relations franco-américaines. (fr)
- Gilbert Chinard (1881–1972) was a French-American historian, professor emeritus, who authored over 40 books. Born on October 17, 1881 in Chatellerault, France, to Hilaire and Marie (Blanchard) Chinard, educated at the Universities of Poitiers and Bordeaux, in 1908, he married Emma Blanchard, then moved to New York as a visiting instructor in French Literature, leading him in an American academic career, teaching positions at Brown University (1908-12), the University of California, Berkeley (1912-1919), Johns Hopkins University (1919-36), and Princeton University (1937-1950). (en)
- Gilbert Chinard, född 17 oktober 1881 i Châtellerault, Frankrike, död 1972 i Princeton, New Jersey, USA, var en fransk litteraturhistoriker. Chinard blev 1919 professor vid Johns Hopkins University i Baltimore. Chinard gjorde sig först känd genom en rad grundläggande undersökningar om intresset för den nya världen i fransk litteratur från renässansen till och med Chateaubriand, L'exotisme américain dans la littérature françaice au XVI.e siècle (1911), L'Amérique et le rêve exotique dans la littérature françaice au XVII:e siècle (1913), samt L'exotisme américain dans l'œuvre de Chateaubriand (1918). Senare inriktade han sig mer på de intellektuella förbindelserna mellan Frankrike och USA med verk som Volney et l'Amérique (1923), Les amitiés américaines de madame d'Houdetot (1923), Jefferson (sv)
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