Louise Delpit
Louise Delpit | |
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Louise Delpit, from the 1929 yearbook of Smith College | |
| Born | 1870s Beaumont-du-Perigord, France |
| Died | March 27, 1954 France |
| Occupation(s) | Professor of French language and literature |
| Relatives | Albert Delpit (uncle) |
Louise Delpit (1870s – March 27, 1954) was a French educator. She was a professor of French language and literature at Smith College from 1908 to 1940, and did relief work in France during World War I.
Early life and education
Delpit was born in Beaumont-du-Perigord, France, one of the six children of Édouard Delpit and Joséphine Charrier Delpit. Her father and his brother Albert Delpit were both writers born in New Orleans. She graduated from the College Sévigné in Paris.[1]
Career
Delpit taught at the Brearley School in New York City from 1900 to 1904, and at the Baldwin School near Philadelphia from 1904 to 1906. She became a professor of French at Smith College in 1908.[1] She was a scholar of French theatre,[2] and acted in campus productions of French plays.[3] She supervised Smith students on study trips in Paris.[4] She was a member of the American Association of University Professors.[5] She retired in 1940.[6]
"Hers was the dignity and refinement of a bygone age," recalled Marjorie Hope Nicolson at the time of Delpit's retirement. "In her bearing, in her speech, and in her attitude she has exemplified the decorum, the restraint, and the self-control of the great classical period, yet she possessed also the quick wit, the mind, and the fundamental charm of the great period whose literature she loved."[7]
In 1914, Delpit received the palmes academiques from the French government, for distinguished work in the field of education.[8] During World War I, Delpit raised funding for relief work,[9] returned to France, and with her mother and siblings[10] organized a village hospital in her hometown.[11][12]
Publications
- L'Age d'Or de la Litterature Francaise (1909)[13]
- Paris-théâtre contemporain: Rôle Prépondérant des Scènes d'Avant - Garde depuis Trente Ans (1925)[14]
- Representative contemporary French lyrics, 1885-1925 (1927)[15]
- Paris-théâtre contemporain: deuxième partie (1938)[16]
Personal life
Delpit died in France, in 1954, around the age of 80.[6]
References
- ^ a b Leonard, John W. (1914). Woman's Who's who of America. American Commonwealth Company. p. 239.
- ^ "L'Alliance Francaise Elects New Officers". The Springfield Daily Republican. 1931-04-07. p. 7. Retrieved 2025-06-11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Smith Girls Honor Memory of Moliere". The Springfield Daily Republican. 1922-01-21. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-06-11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Holyoke Girl Among Students Received by Governor of Paris". Transcript-Telegram. 1927-01-13. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2025-06-11. Retrieved 2025-06-11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Membership". Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors (1915-1955). 6 (6): 19–35. 1920. ISSN 0883-1610.
- ^ a b "Prof. Louise Delpit". The Morning Union. 1954-03-30. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-06-11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tribute to Miss Delpit". The Republican. 1940-06-14. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2025-06-11. Retrieved 2025-06-11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Degree Conferred on Prof Delpit". The Springfield Daily Republican. 1914-06-18. p. 19. Archived from the original on 2025-06-11. Retrieved 2025-06-11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Northampton: Red Cross Campaign". The Springfield Daily Republican. 1917-10-24. p. 11. Retrieved 2025-06-11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A Poilus's Experience, told to Smith Professor". The Springfield Daily Republican. 1917-10-03. p. 13. Retrieved 2025-06-11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "War Relief Work by Member of Smith College Faculty". The Boston Globe. 1915-10-17. p. 48. Retrieved 2025-06-11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Just Gossip About People". Evening Public Ledger. 1918-01-14. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-06-11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "L'âge d'or de la littérature française, by Louise Delpit ..." HathiTrust. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ Delpit, Louise (1925). Paris--théâtre contemporain: Rôle Prépondérant des Scènes d'Avant - Garde depuis Trente Ans (in French). Mass., Smith college.
- ^ Delpit, Louise (1927). Representative contemporary French lyrics, 1885-1925. International modern language series. Boston, New York etc.: Ginn and Company. Archived from the original on 2024-07-09. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ Delpit, Louise (1938). Paris-théâtre contemporain: deuxième partie (in French). Smith College.