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Hélène d'Almeida-Topor | |
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Born | 2 October 1932 |
Died | 1 August 2020 87) | (aged
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Historian Professor |
Hélène d'Almeida-Topor (2 October 1932 – 1 August 2020) was a French historian and university professor of contemporary history. [1]
Her father, Abram Topor, was a French artist of Polish origin who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Her brother, Roland Topor, was also an artist and a writer. Earning an agrégation in history and geography in 1959, [2] d'Almeida-Topor taught in Porto-Novo, Benin from 1960 to 1970. She also taught in Lomé, Togo for several years. [3] Subsequently, she became a lecturer at Paris-Est Créteil University. In 1987, d'Almeida-Topor defended a thesis titled "Histoire économique du Dahomey (1890-1920)" at Paris-Sorbonne University under the supervision of Jean Ganiage. She was a professor at the University of Lorraine from 1988 to 1994 before working at University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne until 2003, when she became professor emeritus. Her son, Fabrice d'Almeida, would also become a historian.
Hélène d'Almeida-Topor died on 1 August 2020 at the age of 87. [4]
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