Alfred Albert Martineau
Alfred Albert Martineau was a notable historian and colonial administrator in the French Colonial Empire.
He wrote extensively on colonial affairs and the history of French colonial expansion, in particular a six-volume Histoire des colonies françaises et de l'expansion française dans le monde co-authored with former French Foreign Minister Gabriel Hanotaux. Upon retirement from colonial service in 1921 he taught colonial history at the Collège de France until 1935.
He was a founding member of the Société de l'histoire de l'Inde française, the and the Académie des sciences coloniales.Titles
