Jacques Soustelle
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Jacques Soustelle (3 February 1912 – 6 August 1990) 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.[1]
Jacques Soustelle | |
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Born | (1912-02-03)3 February 1912 |
Died | 6 August 1990(1990-08-06) (aged 78) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
Nationality | French |
Education | Lycée du Parc |
Alma mater | École normale supérieure |
Known for | Member of the Académie française |
Spouse | Georgette Fagot |
As Governor-General of Algeria, he helped the rise of Charles de Gaulle to the presidency of the Fifth Republic, but broke with De Gaulle over Algerian independence, joined the OAS in their efforts to overthrow De Gaulle and lived in exile between 1961 and 1968. On returning to France he resumed political and academic activity and was elected to the Académie française in 1983.[2]