Henri Jeanmaire
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Henri Jeanmaire (21 November 1884 – 22 February 1960) was a French historian and classicist.
Henri Jeanmaire was born in Paris on 21 November 1884. His father was a first-class medical officer. A member of the 1905 literary cohort of the École normale supérieure, Jeanmaire earned a baccalauréat ès lettres in 1902, a licence ès lettres in 1906 and passed the agrégation in history in 1909.[1][2]
He began his career as an agrégé teacher at the lycée of Oran (1 October 1909–24 April 1911), then spent a period on leave in Germany from April 1911 to September 1912, with the leave renewed from October 1912 to September 1913. He subsequently taught at the lycée of Besançon (1 October 1913–30 September 1920) and served as chargé d’enseignement in ancient and medieval history at the Faculty of Letters of Besançon (February 1917–September 1919).[2]
He began teaching the history of religions at the University of Lille in 1924, holding this position until 1943.[1][2] Alongside his duties in Lille, Jeanmaire also served as chargé de conférence at the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE) from 1929 to 1936.[1][2] In 1930 he published Le messianisme de Virgile, a study of the Fourth Eclogue.[3]
Jeanmaire defended his doctorat ès lettres at the Sorbonne in March 1939. His principal thesis, Couroi et Courètes, was accompanied by a secondary dissertation entitled La Sibylle et le retour de l'âge d'or. He left the University of Lille following his appointment, by ministerial decree on 7 July 1943, as Director of Studies for the religions of ancient Greece at the EPHE. He retired in September 1955.[1][2]
Jeanmaire died in Viroflay on 22 February 1960, taking his own life by hanging.[1][2]
