Horace Pauleus Sannon

Horace Pauleus Sannon (7 April 1870[1] – 27 August 1938) was a Haitian historian, politician and diplomat.

Horace Pauleus Sannon
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Haiti
In office
21 May 1906 – 17 February 1908
Preceded byMurville Férère
Succeeded byLouis Borno
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Haiti
In office
14 August 1915 – 9 September 1915
Preceded byUlrick Duvivier
Succeeded byLouis Borno
Personal details
Born
Horace Pauleus Sannon

(1870-04-07)7 April 1870
Les Cayes, Haiti
Died (1938-08-27) 27 August 1938
Alma materCollège de France

Born in Les Cayes,[1] Pauleus Sannon began medical studies at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, but abandoned them to study social-political sciences at the Collège de France.[1][2] While still in France, he published his first book, Haiti et le régime parlementaire.[1]

He wrote several books on the history of Haiti, including Essai historique sur la révolution de 1843 and Histoire de Toussaint Louverture. Scholars consider the latter to be his most important work, influencing the views of both Haitians and non-Haitians on the Haitian Revolution.[2][3] As a historian, he had a reputation for scrupulously backing up his statements with evidence.[2]

He was a co-founder, and the first president, of Haiti's Société d'Histoire et de Geographie, a group of Haitian intellectuals formed in 1924 who saw studying the past as a means to generate national pride and understand the conditions of the present (at the time, Haiti was occupied by United States Marines).[2] The Societe popularized history among the public.[2]

He served as Haiti's Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1906, and negotiated a trade treaty with France.[1] He was appointed Haitian Minister to the United States in 1909.[1] He was a Haitian presidential candidate in 1926 and 1930.[4]

Works

References
  1. H.T. Kealing, ed. (October 1909). "Mr. Sannon, the new Haitain minister". The A.M.E Church Review. Board of Publication of the A.M.E. Church. pp. 193–194. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. B. W. Higman, Franklin W. Knight (1999). General History of the Caribbean: Methodology and historiography of the Caribbean. UNESCO. pp. 462–466. ISBN 9231033603. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  3. Leslie Bethell (1985). The Cambridge History of Latin America. Volume 3. Cambridge University Press. p. 860. ISBN 0521232244. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  4. "Horace Pauléus Sannon, cet illustre inconnu". Le Nouvelliste. Le Nouvelliste. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  • Schutt-Ainé, Patricia (1994). Haiti: A Basic Reference Book. Miami, Florida: Librairie Au Service de la Culture. p. 106. ISBN 0-9638599-0-0.


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