Patrice Higonnet
Patrice Higonnet | |
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| Born | Patrice Louis René Higonnet 3 February 1938 Saint-Cloud, France |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, PhD) |
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| Spouses | Janet Marian King
(m. 1958, divorced)Ethel Parmele Cardwell
(m. 1970; died 1973) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Subject | French history |
Patrice Louis René Higonnet (born 3 February 1938) is a French author, historian, and retired professor who currently serves as a Robert Walton Goelet Research Professor of French History at Harvard University.[1] He previously taught European history.
Life
Patrice Louis René Higonnet was born on 3 February 1938 in Saint-Cloud, France, to René Alphonse Higonnet and Thérèse Higonnet (née David).
His first marriage was to Janet Marian King on 26 May 1958 in Manchester, New Hampshire. They had two children before divorcing: Anne and Philip.[2]
His second marriage was to Ethel Parmele Cardwell (1943–1973), whom he married at Harvard on 3 June 1970. She was raped and murdered in Longfellow Park in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1973.[3]
Higonnet subsequently married Ethel's sister, University of Connecticut professor Margaret Higonnet (née Cardwell), on 13 August 1974. They had a daughter named Ethel.[4]
Both Ethel and Margaret possess strong North American roots, descending from Alexander Scott Bullitt, Benjamin Logan, St. George Tucker, and William Logan. Their 3rd great-uncles were Congressmen Alexander Keith Marshall, Thomas Francis Marshall, and Edward C. Marshall. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln were close cousins.[5]
References
- ↑ "Patrice Higonnet". Harvard University. 6 July 2002. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ↑ "Patrice Higonnet biography and publications". College de France. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "Harvard Professor's Wife Slain After Rape in a Cambridge Park". The New York Times. 25 November 1973. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ↑ Gurganus, Ray. "Our Family Tree". ourfamtree.org. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "Ethel Cardwell notable family relationships". ourfamtree.org. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
External links
- "Patrice Higonnet | Center for European Studies at Harvard University". ces.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- Harvard University Department of History faculty
- 1938 births
- Living people
- 20th-century French historians
- Harvard University alumni
- 20th-century French essayists
- 21st-century French essayists
- 20th-century French male writers
- 21st-century French male writers
- 21st-century French historians
- French historian stubs