Soustelle, Jacques, 1912-

The daily life of the Aztecs on the eve of the Spanish conquest
Book 1961

Summary: Jacques Soustelle was an important and early figure of the Free French Forces, a politician who served in the French National Assembly and at one time served as Governor General of Algeria, an anthropologist specializing in Pre-Columbian civilizations, and vice-director of the Musée de l'Homme in Paris in 1939. Soustelle and his followers opposed any compromise with anticolonial activists in Algeria in the Algerian War. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][3][4][5][6]; Unknown [2]
Born: 1912 [2]; 1912-02-03 [6]
Birth Place: Montpellier (Hérault) [3]; Montpellier [6]
Died: 1990 [2]; 1990-08-06 [6]
Death Place: Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine) [3]; Neuilly-sur-Seine [6]
Country: France [2]
Language: French [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [6]; politician [6]; university teacher [6]; French resistance fighter [6]; writer [6]
Profession: Ethnologe [2]
Employer: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences [6]; Collège de France [6]; École pratique des hautes études [6]; Musée de l'Homme [6]
Educated at: Faculty of Arts of Paris [6]; École Normale Supérieure [6]; lycée du Parc [6]
Country of Education: France [6]
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [6]
Yale LUX: Entity [6]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Library of Congress; 5. National Library and Archives of Québec; 6. Wikidata

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