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Haakon Chevalier

American translator, writer and academic (1901-1985) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 83

Haakon Maurice Chevalier 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.

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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1901 to 1985 · aged 83

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