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Haakon Maurice Chevalier (September 10, 1901 – July 4, 1985) was an American writer, translator, and professor of French literature at the University of California, Berkeley best known for his friendship with physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, whom he met at Berkeley, California in 1937.
Jul 21, 2023 · Haakon Chevalier was a professor of French literature and language at the University Of California, Berkeley and he and Oppenheimer met in 1937 and became friends. In...
Jul 21, 2023 · Haakon Chevalier, played by “Game of Thrones” actor Jefferson Hall, was a French professor at the University of California, Berkeley who became friends with Oppenheimer in 1937. In...
Haakon Maurice Chevalier (September 10, 1901 – July 4, 1985) was an American writer, translator, and professor of French literature at the University of California, Berkeley best known for his friendship with physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, whom he met at Berkeley, California in 1937.
Haakon Chevalier was a professor of French literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a close friend of J. Robert Oppenheimer. He was politically active at Berkeley, joining the Teachers’ Union and the ACLU. He was very left-wing and may have been a member of the Communist Party.
Haakon Chevalier was a French literature professor at Berkeley and close friend of J. Robert Oppenheimer. In this interview, Chevalier discusses aspects of Oppenheimer’s personal life, including his romantic relationships and family, hobbies including Sanskrit, and religious views.
Haakon Maurice Chevalier (September 10, 1901 – July 4, 1985) was an American author, translator, and professor of French literature at the University of California, Berkeley best known for his friendship with physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, whom he met at Berkeley, California in 1937.
Haakon Chevalier was a French literature professor, author, and close friend of J. Robert Oppenheimer beginning at Berkeley in 1937. In this interview, Chevalier discusses aspects of Oppenheimer’s personal life, including his romantic relationships, hobbies, and religious views.
Jul 11, 1985 · Haakon Chevalier, an author, translator and professor of French literature who left the United States in 1950 after being accused of ''anti-American activities,'' died Thursday in...
(1901-1985) US author and translator from the French of many works; his career as a US university professor was destroyed by the House Unamerican Affairs Committee after 1950, and he emigrated to France where he worked as a translator.