François de Dainville (21 January 1909 – 15 January 1971) was a French
geographer,
historian and Jesuit priest. He was Professor and Research Director at the
École pratique des hautes études since 1963, known for his work in the field of the history of education, and mapping from the 16th to 18th century.[1][2]
Biography
De Dainville was born in
Paris, son of Maurice Oudot of Dainville, an archivist of
palaeography, and Henriette Girou of Buzareingues. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts after attending high schools in
Draguignan and
Montpellier, where he was transferred due to the profession of his father.
In 1944 he joined the Editorial team of the Étvdes review. In 1959 he was appointed Professor in the History of Mapping at the
École Nationale des Chartes, is a French grande école which specializes in historical sciences. He extended his research interest further into the field of the history of education in the modern era.
Selected publications
Cartes anciennes de l'église de France: historique, répertoire, guide d'usage, Preface by
Gabriel Le Bras, J. Vrin, 1956.
La géographie des humanistes, Slatkine Reprints, 1969.
Le Langage des géographes. Terres, signes, couleurs des cartes anciennes, 1500-1800, réédition Picard, 1964, et 2002.
Tourisme et pastorale, Desclée de Brower, 1965.
Cartes anciennes du Languedoc, Société languedocienne de géographie, Montpellier, 1968.
Cartes des places protestantes en 1612, Klincksieck, 1968.
La Cartographie, reflet de l’histoire, recueil d’articles, Slatkine, 1986.
Livre d'heures du maître, Beauchesne, 1956
Le Dauphiné et ses confins, vus par l'ingénieur d'Henri IV, Jean de Beins, Droz, 1968
La Naissance de l'humanisme moderne, Beauchesne, 1940, réimpression, Slatkine 1969.
Les Chiffres vous parlent. Géographie et statistique, J. B. Baillière, 1937
Les Jésuites et l’éducation de la société française. La Géographie des humanistes, Beauchesne, 1940, réimpression Slatkine, 1969).
L'Éducation des jésuites (XVIe-XVIIIe siècles), Paris, Éditions de Minuit (collection 'Sens commun'), 1978.
References
^Crone, Gerald Roe. Maps and their makers: an introduction to the history of cartography. Hutchinson, 1966.
^Pedley, Mary Sponberg. The commerce of cartography: making and marketing maps in eighteenth-century France and England. University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Further reading
Compère, Marie-Madeleine. "La postérité du Père de Dainville en histoire de l’éducation." François de Dainville SJ (1909-1971), pionnier de l’histoire de la cartographie et de l’éducation, Paris, École nationale des chartes (2004): 79.
Martin, Henri-Jean. "
François de Dainville (1909-1971)." École pratique des hautes études. 4e section, Sciences historiques et philologiques 105.1 (1973): 53-62.