François de Dainville (21 January 1909 – 15 January 1971) was a French
geographer,
historian and Jesuit priest. He was Professor and Research Director at the
École pratique des hautes études since 1963, known for his work in the field of the history of education, and mapping from the 16th to 18th century.
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Biography
De Dainville was born in
Paris, son of Maurice Oudot of Dainville, an archivist of
palaeography, and Henriette Girou of Buzareingues. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts after attending high schools in
Draguignan
Draguignan (; oc, Draguinhan) is a commune in the Var department in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (formerly Provence), southeastern France.
It is a sub-prefecture of the department and self-proclaimed "capital of Ar ...
and
Montpellier
Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...
, where he was transferred due to the profession of his father.
In 1928 he joined the
Society of Jesus. In addition to his spiritual formation and the traditional theological study, he studied geography at the
University of Montpellier under
Jules Sion, who supervised his 1939 PhD thesis in
human geography.
In 1944 he joined the Editorial team of the Étvdes review. In 1959 he was appointed Professor in the History of Mapping at the
École Nationale des Chartes, is a French ''grande école'' which specializes in historical sciences. He extended his research interest further into the field of the history of education in the modern era.
Selected publications
* ''Cartes anciennes de l'église de France: historique, répertoire, guide d'usage'', Preface by
Gabriel Le Bras, J. Vrin, 1956.
* ''La géographie des humanistes'', Slatkine Reprints, 1969.
* ''Le Langage des géographes. Terres, signes, couleurs des cartes anciennes, 1500-1800'', réédition Picard, 1964, et 2002.
* ''Tourisme et pastorale'', Desclée de Brower, 1965.
* ''Cartes anciennes du Languedoc'', Société languedocienne de géographie, Montpellier, 1968.
* ''Cartes des places protestantes en 1612'', Klincksieck, 1968.
* ''La Cartographie, reflet de l’histoire, recueil d’articles'', Slatkine, 1986.
* ''Livre d'heures du maître'', Beauchesne, 1956
* ''Le Dauphiné et ses confins, vus par l'ingénieur d'Henri IV, Jean de Beins'', Droz, 1968
* ''La Naissance de l'humanisme moderne'', Beauchesne, 1940, réimpression, Slatkine 1969.
* ''Les Chiffres vous parlent. Géographie et statistique'', J. B. Baillière, 1937
* ''Les Jésuites et l’éducation de la société française. La Géographie des humanistes'', Beauchesne, 1940, réimpression Slatkine, 1969).
* ''L'Éducation des jésuites (XVIe-XVIIIe siècles)'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit (collection 'Sens commun'), 1978.
References
Further reading
* Compère, Marie-Madeleine. "La postérité du Père de Dainville en histoire de l’éducation." François de Dainville SJ (1909-1971), pionnier de l’histoire de la cartographie et de l’éducation, Paris, École nationale des chartes (2004): 79.
* George, Pierre.
Le Langage des géographes, de François de Dainville" ''
Annales de Géographie.'' Vol. 75. No. 407. Société de géographie, 1966.
* Martin, Henri-Jean.
François de Dainville (1909-1971)" École pratique des hautes études. 4e section, Sciences historiques et philologiques 105.1 (1973): 53-62.
External links
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1909 births
1970 deaths
Scientists from Paris
Academic staff of the École pratique des hautes études
20th-century French Jesuits
French geographers
University of Montpellier alumni
20th-century French historians
20th-century geographers