Soustelle, Jacques, 1912-

Contributed to

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
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [5]
Gender or Sex: Male [1][3][4][5]; Unknown [2]
Born: 1912 [2]; 1912-02-03 [5]
Birth Place: Montpellier (Hérault) [3]; Montpellier [5]
Died: 1990 [2]; 1990-08-06 [5]
Death Place: Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine) [3]; Neuilly-sur-Seine [5]
Country: France [2]
Language: French [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [5]; politician [5]; university teacher [5]; French resistance fighter [5]; writer [5]
Profession: Ethnologe [2]
Employer: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences [5]; Collège de France [5]; École pratique des hautes études [5]; Musée de l'Homme [5]
Educated at: École Normale Supérieure [5]; lycée du Parc [5]; Faculty of Arts of Paris [5]
Country of Education: France [5]

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

Last updated May 16, 2025