Alfred Albert Martineau
French politician, historian and colonial administrator (1859-1945)1
Alfred Albert Martineau (18 December 1859 in Artins – 25 January 1945 in Varennes) was a notable historian and colonial administrator in the French Colonial Empire.2
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Born Dec 18, 1859, died Jan 25, 1945.1
About
He wrote extensively on colonial affairs and the history of French colonial expansion, in particular a six-volume Histoire des colonies françaises et de l'expansion française dans le monde (1930–1934) co-authored with former French Foreign Minister Gabriel Hanotaux. Upon retirement from colonial service in 1921 he taught colonial history at the Collège de France until 1935.
He was a founding member of the Société de l'histoire de l'Inde française, the Societe francaise d'Histoire d'Outre-Mer (1912) and the Académie des sciences coloniales (1922).
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Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedÉcole des chartes3
Martineau was born on 18 December 1859 in Artins, which was then part of the Second French Empire. He graduated from the École Nationale des Chartes, where he trained as an archivist-paleographer.
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Career
Occupation: historian, professor, politician, colonial administrator.8
- 1921 to 1935Professor, Collège de France4
- 1913 to 1918Colonial Governor of French India7
- 1910 to 1911Colonial Governor of French India7
- 1902 to 1904Colonial Governor of Mayotte7
- Date not recordedFounded Société française d'histoire d'outre-mer5
- Date not recordedFounded Société française d’histoire des outre-mers6
Personal life
Politics
In 1888 he joined the executive committee of the far-right nationalist Ligue des Patriotes. He was soon elected as a Member of Parliament of the French Parliament for Paris's 19th arrondissement in October 1889. In January 1890, he left the league, which resulted in him being booed and beaten by his constituents, to which he promised to resign. However, he joined the Republican majority government soon after. In 1893 he was elected to the Superior Council of the Colonies as a delegate of Nossi Bé, where he advocated to the council for the establishment of a French protectorate over Madagascar.
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Awards
- Date not recordedCommander of the Legion of Honour12
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