André Siegfried Explained

Birth Date:21 April 1875
Birth Place:Le Havre
Death Place:Paris
Occupation:Academic
Geographer
political writer

André Siegfried (April 21, 1875 – March 28, 1959) was a French academic, geographer and political writer best known to English speakers for his commentaries on American, Canadian, and British politics.

He was born in Le Havre, France, to Jules Siegfried, the French minister of commerce, and Julie Siegfried, the president of the National Council of French Women. An active member of the Democratic Republican Alliance like his father, André Siegfried was several times a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies, but never won an election. On 23 January 1941, he was made a member of the National Council of Vichy France.[1] A few months after the liberation of France in mid-1944, he was elected to the Académie française, taking the vacant seat of Gabriel Hanotaux (who had been elected in 1897). He died in Paris in March 1959.

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  1. Journal officiel de la République française. Lois et décrets https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k96148684/f8.item.r=Laederich.zoom#