Paul Tirard

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Paul Tirard
Born (1879-06-02)June 2, 1879
Croissy-sur-Seine
Died December 23, 1945(1945-12-23) (aged Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".) -->66
Nationality French
Occupation Chairman of the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission.

Paul Tirard (2 June 1879 – 23 Décember 1945) was chairman of the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission from 1919 to 1930. He took up residence in the Oberpräsidium.[1]

He was born in Croissy-sur-Seine, Yvelines into a family of industrialists. He studied law before becoming a career civil servant. In 1912 he was involved in setting up the colonial administration of the French Protectorate of Morocco.[2] He died in Paris (17ème arrondissement) 8 rue Anatole de la Forge and was bachelor.

References

  1. ↑ Pawley (2007) p.21
  2. ↑ Theis, Kerstin. "Paul Tirard (1879-1945), President of the Rhineland Commission". Rheinische Geschichte. Retrieved 20 July 2013. 

Bibliography

  • Tirard, Paul (1930). La France sur le Rhin. Paris: Plon. 
  • Tirard, P. (1930) L'Art français de Rhine pendant l'Occupation 1918-1930. Strasbourg:

Pawley, Margaret (2007). The Watch on the Rhine: The Military Occupation of the Rhineland, 1918-1930. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-457-2. 

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