Gérard Théodore [SEP] country of citizenship
Gérard Théodore
Gérard Théodore (November 28, 1920 – June 10, 2012) was a French Compagnon de la Libération, having received the Ordre de la Libération for his role in the Liberation of France during World War II.
Théodore was born in Paris on November 28, 1920. He enlisted in the Free French Forces in London in July 1940 following the fall of France. Théodore was assigned to the artillery and sent to battles in Dakar, French West Africa (present-day Senegal), Eritrea and the
, Théodore-Gérard Hanssen and Henri Vieuxtemps.
In 1938, the "Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België"
was created as an independent solely Dutch-speaking Flemish academy while the Royal Academy of Belgium remained a bilingual institution hosting members both from the north and from the south of the country. The bilingual status of the Royal Academy however caused difficulties over the course of the years which ultimately were resolved in 1971 by splitting the Royal Academy into an independent solely Dutch-speaking entity and an