Author: Pierre Georges Lambert
Alternate names: Pierre-Georges Lambert; P.-Georges Lambert; Georges Lambert; Pierre Georges Louis Lambert; P. G. L. Lambert
Born: 17 June 1902
Died: 28 August 1961
Bio: P. G. L. Lambert was born in Issigeac, Dordogne, France in 1902, and died in Belgrade, Yugoslavia during a failed surgical procedure in 1961. He was the only son of a 108th infantry lieutenant (a captain killed in action against Germany in 1915) and of the local chemist-and-mayor's daughter. After being raised mostly by a wet nurse, he spent a lot of time at his paternal grandfather's blacksmith shop in another village, was sent to a boarding school (probably in Périgueux), did his military service, studied in Paris at École libre des sciences politiques, married, had a son (1928-ca. 1984), and was awarded a Ph.D. in law. He joined the Le Secours insurance company as an inspector and was divorced in early 1936. He was remarried to the daughter of a Yugoslav infantry officer in 1937, served as battery commander in 1939-40 against Germany, returned to civilian life, and was again a father in 1948. He was designated for the Médaille du Travail. (Information provided by the second son, and found in Une Vie, by Laurent Hibrant.)