Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Boltzmannstraße 22
14195 Berlin
E-mail: coertzen@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Title: | Dr. |
Prename: | Marguerite |
Surname: | Mespoulet |
Profession: | Professor |
Birthday: | 12/02/1880 |
Place of birth: | Paris |
Date of death: | 01/02/1965 |
Place of death: | New York |
Education: | University studies in Paris and London; 1905 *agrégation* to teach English; 1907 Albert Kahn “Autour du monde” fellowship |
Career: | 1910 English teacher at the Lycée de Dijon; 1913, with Madeleine Mignon, produces a series of color photographs and a text about rural Celtic culture in Ireland for *Archives de la Planète* by philanthropist and utopian Albert Kahn; 1914–23 English teacher at the Lycée Victor Hugo in Paris; 1923 visiting professor of French literature, Wellesley College, MA; 1924 Barnard College, NY; 1924–34 associate professor, Wellesley College; 1934–50 professor, Barnard College |
Memberships: | Founding member of the French Association of University Women (AFFDU); 1926–29 International Federation of University Women (IFUW) vice president |
Biographical literature: | Nicole Fouché, “Soixante-quinze ans d’histoire de l’AFFDU,” *Diplômées* 180 (1997): 1–76, esp. 55; Marguerite Mespoulet Papers (c. 1925–64), Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University |
Major works: | *Creators of Wonderland* (New York: Arrow, 1934) |