Word: caron
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...outline, the story of Pierre-Augustin Caron, afterward known as the French dramatist Beaumarchais. was typical of the ambitious, unscrupulous men of his age. He belonged in the ranks of those international adventurers and quick-change artists who floated around Europe in the days before the French Revolution, men of talent too restless to be content with their humble stations, too enlightened to accept the prevailing beliefs of their class, too adroit not to squeeze through the crevices that appeared when the social structure began splitting apart. But Beaumarchais' life had one distinction which was lacking in the careers...
...Pierre Caron, exchange professor from France, will be at Harvard during the second half year and not during the first as was previously announced...
Thomas Stearns Eliot '10, well-known American poet; Josef Alois Schumpeter, formerly finance minister of Austria; Wilhelm Kohler, a noted authority on illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages; and Pierre Caron, chief of the section of modern history in the French national archives, head the list of distinguished visitors who will occupy professorships at Harvard during the coming year...
Appointment of Pierre Caron, chief of the section of Modern History in the French National Archives, as exchange professor from France during the first half of next year, has been announced in conjunction with eight other appointments and advancements in the faculty...
Sirs: . . . Would appreciate a detailed account of the record of Congressman Clarence J. McLeod, of the 13th District of Michigan. HERMAN A. AUGUST W. F. CALDWELL H. G. CARON MURDOCK M. KERR, M.D. ROBERT Y. OGG FRANK A. POSSELIUS* Detroit, Mich...