Albert Léon Guérard

Albert Léon Guérard (1880–1959) was a prominent French scholar of comparative literature. Guérard taught at Stanford University for many years. 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.

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 Rice Institute in Houston, Texas; his tenure was interrupted by his involvement in the First World War.