Biography
Élie Allégret studied at the Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris. In 1885, he was invited by Juliette Rondeaux, widow of University of Paris law professor Paul Gide (1832–1880) and mother of writer André Gide, to the château de La Roque-Baignard to work as the private tutor of André and direct both his reading and his religious education. In 1889, he became a pastor and was sent on a mission to Gabon, to the mission station of . In 1914, at the outbreak of World War I, Allégret, who had become a military chaplain, went on a mission to Cameroon before becoming co-director of the Société des evangelical missions. After the end of World War I, Allégret left on a mission around the world. Between July 1926 and February 1928, he traveled through Oceania.Family
En 1891, Élie Allégret married Suzanne Ehrhardt (1869–1950). They had six children: Jean-Paul (1894–1930), Éric (1896–1971), André, Marc (1900–1973), Yves (1905–1987) and Valentine (1909–1988). Jean-Paul and André were born in Talagouga, in Africa. Éric was born in Paris when Élie was working at the headquarters of the Société des evangelical missions in Paris. FilmmakerCorrespondence with André Gide
Allégret was the tutor and friend of the writer André Gide. The two met in 1885, and quickly developed a deep friendship. In 1889, Allégret wrote whilst aboard the ship ''Portugal'', en route to Gabon. A significant correspondence maintained their bond of friendship, especially during Allégret's long stays in Africa. In 1914, after Élie Allégret departed for a mission of evangelization in Cameroon, Suzanne Allégret established her own correspondence with André Gide. Suzanne, matriarch of the family with six children, would recount in detail the activities of each, at the request of Gide.Honours and distinctions
* Namesake of the Collège Élie Allégret deReferences
Bibliography
* Pierre Billard, ''André Gide et Marc Allégret, le roman secret'', Plon, 2006 * Émilie Gangnat, « Élie Allégret », in Patrick Cabanel et André Encrevé (dir.), ''Dictionnaire biographique des protestants français de 1787 à nos jours'', tome 1 : A-C, Les Éditions de Paris Max Chaleil, Paris, 2015, * Pierre Masson, Jean Claude, ''André Gide et l'écriture de soi'', Presses Universitaires de Lyon, 2002 * Alexandra Loumpet-Galitzine, ''Njoya et le royaume bamoun'', les archives de la Société des missions évangéliques de Paris, éditions Karthala, 2006. *''L'Enfance de l'art''. Correspondances avec Élie Allégret (1886–1896). Lettres d'André Gide, Juliette Gide, Madeleine Rondeaux et Élie Allégret, éd. Daniel Durosay. Gallimard, Paris : 1998 *Why Do We Need the White Man’s God? African Contributions and Responses to the Formation of a Christian Movement in Cameroon, 1914–1968 Guy Alexander Thomas (thèse de PhD) University of London, 2001 https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29549/1/10731705.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:Alleget, Elie 1865 births 1940 deaths 20th-century French theologians 21st-century French theologians Clergy from Lyon Clergy from Paris French Protestant missionaries French military chaplains Protestant missionaries in Cameroon Protestant missionaries in Gabon Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris Knights of the Legion of Honour