Alfred Foulet
Alfred Lucien Foulet (born December 5, 1900 in Haverford , Pennsylvania , † April 15, 1987 in Princeton (New Jersey) ) was an American Romanist and Medievalist of French origin.
life and work
Alfred Lucien Foulet was the son of Lucien Foulet . He spent his childhood in the United States, studied in Paris (graduated in 1921) and received his doctorate in Princeton in 1927 with the work Introduction to an edition of the Couronnement de Renard (Princeton 1929). Foulet taught at Princeton University from 1927 to 1930 as an instructor, from 1930 to 1945 as an assistant professor, from 1945 to 1953 as an associate professor and from 1953 to his retirement in 1966 as a professor of Romance studies.
Other works
- (Ed.) Jean Sarrasin, Lettre à Nicolas Arrode , 1249. Paris 1924.
- (Ed.) Le Couronnement de Renard. Poème du XIIIe siècle. Princeton / Paris 1929, New York 1965.
- (Ed. With others) The Medieval French " Roman d'Alexandre ". 7 volumes. Princeton / Paris 1937–1976.
- (with Mary Blakely Speer) On editing Old French texts. Lawrence (KA) 1979.
- (Ed. With Karl David Uitti ) Chrétien de Troyes: Le chevalier de la charrette (Lancelot). Paris 1989, 2010 (Classiques Garnier).
Web links
- Literature by and about Alfred Foulet in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Foulet, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Foulet, Alfred Lucien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Romanist and Medievalist of French origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th December 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haverford , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1987 |
| Place of death | Princeton, New Jersey |