Born in 1911. Died in 2001.
Education and professional career
- Philosophy and Khâgne at Lycée Henri IV (Alain's pupil)
- 1932: École normale supérieure
- Agrégation in History
- Doctorat ès Lettres (thesis: "the economic and social foundations of the political history of the paris region in the mid-19th century")
- Professor at the Institut d'Études Politiques: teaching of twentieth-century history and various other lectures: population issues; cinema and civilizations
- Historical researcher at the Institut d'études démographiques
- 1952-1981: Professor at the Collège de France, chair History and social structures of Paris and the Paris region
- 1953: Advisor to several prefects of the Seine department for around ten years, the first being Préfet Émile Pelletier. Commission des sites, etc.
- 1959: Responsible for the Humanities on the Comité des 12 de la Recherche Scientifique created by General de Gaulle (see "Scientific Research and Humanities" in "Population" 1959, no. 3)
- 1961: Creation and President of the International Center for the Study of Human Problems in Monaco
- 1982: Louis Chevalier's Paris archives, prior to 1968, deposited with the Yale University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Awards and distinctions
- 1958: Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur
- 1967: Officer of the Légion d'Honneur
- 1977: Commander of the Legion of Honor
- 1987: Grand Prix de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques for lifetime achievement
