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Jacques Hardré

1915– · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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  1. French consul invests Jacques Hardre with the Legion of Honor Roger London, the French consul in Washington, read the citation and pinned the Legion of Honor on Jacques Hardre, head of UNC's Department of Romance Languages, at a ceremony in the Graham Memorial lounge, for his academic career and his service in the French and Free French armies. Hardre said he chose Chapel Hill to mark his 22 years at the University; the paper counted him the third UNC professor so honored. People: Jacques Hardré Place: Graham Memorial, UNC campus, Chapel Hill · Also named: Roger LondonSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, October 20, 1967, p. 1

Indexed works

Works about or by Jacques Hardré. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.

By Jacques Hardré

Du Sang sous les Magnolias

Hardré, Jacques · 1982 · Talleres Gráficos Porrúa

A French-language detective novel by Jacques Hardré set in Chapel Hill and at the University of North Carolina, the title meaning blood beneath the magnolias. Subjects include detective and mystery fiction with Chapel Hill and the university as settings. Printed in Madrid by Talleres Gráficos Porrúa in 1982, 297 pages with illustrations.

About Jacques Hardré

Charles de Gaulle letter, 1969.

Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970 · 1969

A single letter written in 1969 by Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), with its text in French, Southern Historical Collection 5494-z at UNC. The letter is associated with Jacques Hardré, born 1915, a member of the Chapel Hill faculty, and with France during the Second World War.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Hardré, Jacques, 1915-.

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