Paul Tirard

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Paul Tirard
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Born (1879-06-02)June 2, 1879
Croissy-sur-Seine
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Nationality French
Occupation Chairman of the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission.

Paul Tirard (2 June 1879 – 23 Décember 1945) was chairman of the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission from 1919 to 1930. He took up residence in the Oberpräsidium.[1]

He was born in Croissy-sur-Seine (Yvelines) into a family of industrialists, son of Ferdinand Tirard. He studied law (docteur en droit de la Faculté de Paris in 1906) before becoming a career civil servant. In 1912 he was involved in setting up the colonial administration of the French Protectorate of Morocco.[2] Président in 1943 of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. He died in Paris (17ème arrondissement) 8 rue Anatole de la Forge and was bachelor.

In October 1947 a french school, the Lycée Français Paul Tirard, was established in Mainz.[3]

References

  1. Pawley (2007) p.21
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  3. L'Echo Républicain de la Beauce et du Perche, 1er et 2 novembre 1947.

Bibliography

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  • Tirard, P. (1930) L'Art français de Rhine pendant l'Occupation 1918-1930. Strasbourg:

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  • Jardin, P., (1989) 'La politique rhénane de Paul Tirard (1920-1923)', in Revue d'Allemagne 21, pp. 208–216.