What is François-Yves Guillin?
[[File:François-Yves Guillin.jpg|right|200px]] '''François-Yves Guillin''' (7 September 1921 – 18 October 2020) was a French [[French Resistance|resistance fighter]], doctor, and historian. He was born in [[Orléans]], [[France]]. In June 1941, Guillin began his medical studies. He left school the following year to join the [[French Resistance]] and began working as a secretary under the [[pseudonym]] ''Mercure'' during [[World War II]]. After the War, Guillin resumed his studies and pursued a career as a rheumatologist. Towards the end of his career, he pursued a doctorate in history. He defended a thesis on General Delestraint in 1992, and it was published in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://charles.delestraint.free.fr/|title= Le général Delestraint, premier chef de l'Armée secrète|date=17 October 1992|work=Université Lumière-Lyon-II|language=French}}</ref> He was a Knight of the [[Legion of Honour]]. Guillin died on 18 October 2020 in [[Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon]], France at the age of 99.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leprogres.fr/societe/2020/10/23/francois-yves-guillin-grand-resistant-s-est-eteint|title=François-Yves Guillin, grand Résistant|date=24 October 2020|work=Le Progrès|language=French}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Guillin, Francois-Yves}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:French military people]] [[Category:French physicians]] [[Category:French historians]] {{bio-stub}}