Fred G. Hoffherr Explained

Frédéric Georges Hoffherr (ca. 1888 — October 11, 1956^[1]) was a French-American professor, author and anti-Vichy activist.

Hoffherr was a professor emeritus and led the French department at Barnard College.^[1] He joined the Columbia^[2] faculty in 1919, promoted to an "assistant professorship of French" in 1926,^[3] the following year, he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship.^[4] He was chairman of the French department from 1927 to 1936. Hoffherr retired in 1953,^[5] but had been a special lecturer until 1955.

WWII

During WWII Hoffherr worked for de Gaulle,^[1] serving as head of press and information services for him and broadcast for the Voice of America.^[6] He was of the founders of France Forever,^{[7] [8] [9] [10]} becoming its publicity director^{[8] [11]} and later its executive vice-president.^[12]

He made use of the WRUL radio station^[13] since the beginning of 1941. Of his radio addresses in 1942, were published in a book.^[14]

Books

Hoffherr had directed the editorship of L'évolution de la littérature française; petit traité à l'usage des étudiants américains,^[15] wrote a foreword for A Mystery Story of Napoleon's Court,^[16] had authored: the Basic College French;^[17] French Language Chrestomaties and reader;^[18] and the Book of Friendship: Le Livre de L'amitié.^[19]

Notes and References

1. News: 1956-10-12 . F.G. HOFFHERR, 68, EX-BARNARD AIDE; French Professor Emeritus Who Led Department Dies --Worked for de Gaulle . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-10-01 . 0362-4331.
2. Book: University, Columbia . Columbia University Bulletin . 1925 . Columbia University Press . 5. en.
3. Book: Todd, Henry Alfred . Romanic Review . 1926 . Department of French and Romance Philology of Columbia University . 280. en.
4. Web site: Fred G. Hoffherr . 2022-10-02 . John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . en-US.
5. https://newspaperarchive.com/barnard-bulletin-jun-02-1953-p-1/ Barnard Bulletin Newspaper Archives Jun 2 1953, Page 1
6. Web site: Daily News from New York, New York on October 12, 1956 · 699 . 2022-10-02 . Newspapers.com . 12 October 1956 . en.
7. Book: Congress, United States . Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress . 1941 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 344. en.
8. 1941-03-10 . FRANCE: Troubled Exiles . en-US . Time . 2022-09-30 . 0040-781X.
9. A Nation-Wide Organization, Maison Francaise. http://www.maisonfrancaise.org/centennial/img/images/320/file_src/1.pdf (PDF)
10. Web site: 2009-11-10 . Le comité de la France Libre des États-Unis - Fondation de la France Libre . 2022-09-30 . fr-FR.
11. Book: Ross . Harold Wallace . The New Yorker . White . Katharine Sergeant Angell . 1940-11-16 . F-R Publishing Corporation . 23. en.
12. June 18, 1942 issue of Le Canada, quoted in publisher of his radio addresses https://books.google.com/books/about/Second_World_War_radio_addresses_by_Prof.html?id=ZVCpzgEACAAJ.
13. Hoffherr, Fred G., Columbia Profs Support de Gaulle and "France Quand Meme", March 7, 1941, Columbia Alumni News.
14. Book: Hoffherr, Frédéric Georges . Second World War radio addresses by Professor Fred G. Hoffherr . 1942 . fr.
15. L'évolution de la littérature française; petit traité à l'usage des étudiants américains, par Léon Verriest New York and London, Harper & brothers, 1936. https://catalog.puc.edu:444/record=b1056213~S1.
16. Book: Brahm, Jeanne Ichard Alcanter de . In Secret Service: A Mystery Story of Napoleon's Court Translated by Virginia Olcott; with a Foreword by Professor Frédéric Georges Hoffherr ... Illustrated by Robert Lawson . 1937 . J.B. Lippincott Company . en.
17. Book: Bement, Newton Silas . Basic college French . 1938 . Harper & brothers . en.
18. Book: Office, Library of Congress Copyright . Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1946 . 1947 . Copyright Office, Library of Congress . en.
19. Book: York, Maison de France, inc, New . Book of Friendship: Le Livre de L'amitié . 1947 . en.