François de Dainville

François de Dainville (21 January 1909 – 15 January 1971) was a French geographer, historian and Jesuit priest. He was Professor and Research Director at the École pratique des hautes études since 1963, known for his work in the field of the history of education, and mapping from the 16th to 18th century.[1][2]

Biography

De Dainville was born in Paris, son of Maurice Oudot of Dainville, an archivist of palaeography, and Henriette Girou of Buzareingues. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts after attending high schools in Draguignan and Montpellier, where he was transferred due to the profession of his father.

In 1928 he joined the Society of Jesus. In addition to his spiritual formation and the traditional theological study, he studied geography at the University of Montpellier under Jules Sion, who supervised his 1939 PhD thesis in human geography.

In 1944 he joined the Editorial team of the Étvdes review. In 1959 he was appointed Professor in the History of Mapping at the École Nationale des Chartes, is a French grande école which specializes in historical sciences. He extended his research interest further into the field of the history of education in the modern era.

Selected publications

References

  1. ↑ Crone, Gerald Roe. Maps and their makers: an introduction to the history of cartography. Hutchinson, 1966.
  2. ↑ Pedley, Mary Sponberg. The commerce of cartography: making and marketing maps in eighteenth-century France and England. University of Chicago Press, 2005.

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