André Maurois, or Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog (July 26, 1885 – October 9, 1967) was a French author and man of letters. André Maurois was a pen name which became his legal name in 1947. July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He was born in Elbeuf in Alsace and educated in Rouen in Normandy. Capital Strasbourg Area 8,280 km² Regional President Adrien Zeller Population  - 2004 estimate  - 1999 census  - Density 1,793,000 1,734,145 209/km² Arrondissements 13 Cantons 75 Communes 903 Départements Bas-Rhin Haut-Rhin Alsace (French: Alsace; Alsatian/German: Elsaß) is a région of France. ... Location within France Rouen (pronounced in French, sometimes also ) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northern France, and presently the capital of the Upper Normandy région. ... Mont Saint Michel is a historic pilgrimage site and a symbol of Normandy Normandy is a former country (a Duchy) situated in northern France occupying the lower Seine area (upper or Haute-Normandie) and the region to the west (lower or Basse-Normandie) as far as the Cotentin Peninsula. ...

During World War I he joined the French army and he served as an interpreter and later a liaison officer in the British army. His first novel Les silences du colonel Bramble was a witty but socially realistic account of that experience. It was an immediate success in France. It was translated and also became popular in the United Kingdom and other English speaking countries as The Silence of Colonel Bramble. Many of his other works have been translated in English, because they often dealt with British figures or topics, like his biographies of Disraeli, Lord Byron or Shelley. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The French Army (Armée de Terre, Ground Army) is one component in the Military of France. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (December 21, 1804 - April 24, 1881) was a British Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and author. ... Lord Byron, English poet Lord Byron (1803), as painted by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824) was the most widely read English language poet of his day. ... Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets. ...

He became a member of the Académie française in 1938. During World War II he served in the French army and the Free French Forces. The Académie française, or French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres in French) were French fighters who decided to go on fighting against Germany after the Fall of France and German occupation and to fight against Vichy France in World War II. General Charles de Gaulle was a member of the French Cabinet in...

He died in 1967 after a long career as an author of novels, biographies, histories, and children’s books. He is buried in the Neuilly-sur-Seine community cemetery near Paris. 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The Neuilly-sur-Seine community cemetery in the Hauts-de-Seine departement of France is near Paris. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...