Albert Léon Guérard (1880–1959) was a prominent scholar of comparative literature. Guérard taught at Stanford University for many years. 
Life.
Guérard was born on 3 November 1880 in Paris. For two years, Guérard was assistant professor of History at the Paris école normale supérieure. Afterwards, he studying at both the University of London and the Sorbonne – in 1906, he was agrégated at the latter.
The same year, he emigrated to the United States, where he taught the French language at Williams College. In 1907, newly wed to Wilhelmina Macartney, he moved to California. Here, Guérard taught French at Stanford University from 1907 to 1913. Until 1924, he taught at the International Rice Research Institute; his tenure was interrupted by his involvement in the First World War.
A prolific author, he published works on French and European civilization, world literature, and international languages, also holding the position of protector of the Occidental language's "Occidental-Academie" in 1936.
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