| LC control no. | n 80051353 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR6072.A73 |
| Personal name heading | Vanier, Jean, 1928-2019 |
| Variant(s) | バニエジャン, 1928-2019 |
| See also | Founded corporate body of person: Arche (Association) |
| Associated country | Canada France |
| Birth date | 1928-09-10 |
| Death date | 2019-05-07 |
| Place of birth | Geneva (Switzerland) |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Field of activity | Group homes for the developmentally disabled Church work with the developmentally disabled--Catholic Church |
| Affiliation | Faith and Light (Association) Arche (Association) University of Toronto |
| Profession or occupation | Philanthropists Philosophy teachers College teachers |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | His In weakness, strength, 1969. Man and woman, God made them, 2008: t.p. (Jean Vanier) p. 4 of cover (founder of l'Arche and co-founder of Faith and Light, communities with and for people with disabilities) New York times WWW site, viewed May 8, 2019 (in obituary published May 7: Jean Vanier; Jean François Antoine Vanier; b. Sept. 10, 1928, Geneva, where his father, Georges Vanier, a much-decorated Canadian military hero, was posted with the League of Nations; the family was living in France when World War II began and forced to evacuate by ship to Britain as the Germans advanced; they later returned to Canada; at 13, Jean persuaded his parents to let him move to England to study at the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth; by the time he finished his training the war had ended, although he spent time with both the British Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy; resigned his commission in 1950; spent several years living in a contemplative community near Paris; taught philosophy for a time at the University of Toronto; traveled back to France in 1963; d. Tuesday [May 7, 2019], Paris, aged 90; dedicated his life to improving conditions for people on the margins and founded two worldwide organizations for those with developmental disabilities: L'Arche and Faith and Light) |
| National bib agency no. | 0101F6118E |
| Associated language | fre eng |
| Quality code | nlc |
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