Albert Malet (3 May 1864, Clermont-Ferrand – 25 September 1915, Battle of Thélus, Pas de Calais) was a French historian and author of scholarly textbooks, killed during the First World War.

Career

Malet failed the entrance exam at Saint-Cyr, However, in 1889 he passed th
Aggregation of History and Geography

Teacher

Malet began teaching in Paris as "professeur agrégé d'histoire" (Associate Professor of History) at the lycée Voltaire in 1897. Malet was one of the founding members and served as Secretary and on the Board of the Société d’Histoire de la Révolution in 1904. In 1914, Malet became a teacher at the

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. In French high schools "exceptional importance asgiven to the teaching of history" courses which were required. The courses were "taught by specialized teachers, who numbered 620 in 1914". Malet was one of this number. However, he not only taught history he wrote about history.

Writer

Malet contributed to the ''Histoire Générale du I’VE siècle à nos jours'' (''General History of the Fourth Century to the Present Day'') in twelve volumes, edited by

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and published from 1893 to 1904. Malet wrote many history texts for the

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. One of Malet's texts was considered the "classic text" on French history. The classic text was ''Nouvelle histoire de France: l'Antiquité, le Moyen âge, les Temps modernes, la Révolution, l'Empire, la France contemporaine'' (''New history of France: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, modern times, the Revolution, the Empire, contemporary France''). After the

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and Malet's death in it,

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expanded and updated Malet's history by "adding a chapter of 100 pages as a separate volume on the history of the war". Malet was named as the coauthor of Isaac's revision. To reflect Isaac's addition, the title of the text was changed to ''Nouvelle histoire de France: l'Antiquité, le Moyen âge, les Temps modernes, la Révolution, l'Empire, la France contemporaine, la Grande Guerre'' (''New history of France: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, modern times, the Revolution, the Empire, contemporary France, the Great War''). Malet's other history texts are name
Malet, Albert (1864–1915)
in French and can be translated into English by Google.

World War I

Malet was "above the age of active duty" to be mobilized but he volunteered when the Great War began in 1914 to be mobilised, he joined up as a volunteer. Malet has been described as a "patriotic '' revanchard''” (

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Death

In the war, Malet served as a lieutenant in the 8th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the Reserve 163rd Infantry Regiment. He was killed in the

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offensive, in making an attack on

Thélus Thélus is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is located southeast of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the missing First World War World ...

on 25 September 1915. The battle on 25 September 1915, was a "marked success". Two men stood out for their "acts of bravery". One was Lieutenant Malet.Henry Charles Lavauzelle, editor, ''History 63 e Infantry Military''(1920), 8. Based on Google translation. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
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Works

Malet published history text books for use in upper primary and secondary French schools. All of his works are listed o
Malet, Albert (1864–1915).

References

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