Paul Tirard
Born	(1879-06-02)2 June 1879 Nogent-le-Rotrou
Died	23 December 1945(1945-12-23) (aged 66) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Chairman of the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission.

Paul Tirard (2 June 1879 – 23 December 1945) was chairman of the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission from 1919 to 1930.^[1]

Biography

He was born in Nogent-le-Rotrou on 2 June 1879 into a family of industrialists, son of Ferdinand Tirard.^[1]

He studied law (docteur en droit de la Faculté de Paris in 1906) before becoming a career civil servant. In 1912 he was involved in setting up the colonial administration of the French Protectorate of Morocco.^[2] Président in 1943 of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.

He died on 23 December 1945 in Paris, France (17ème arrondissement), 8 rue Anatole de La Forge and was bachelor.^[1]

In October 1947 a French school, the Lycée Français Paul Tirard, was established in Mainz.^[3]

References

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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• Jardin, P., (1989) 'La politique rhénane de Paul Tirard (1920–1923)', in Revue d'Allemagne 21, pp. 208–216.