de Syon, Guillaume 1966-

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de SYON, Guillaume 1966-

PERSONAL: Born March 2, 1966, in Paris, France; son of Michel (a psychiatrist) and Joëlle (a tour leader; maiden name, Carpano) de Syon; married Maria Mitchell (an historian).

ADDRESSES: Office—Albright College, 13th and Bern Sts., Reading, PA 19612-5234. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Albright College, Reading, PA, teacher of history.

MEMBER: American Historical Association, Society for the History of Technology.

WRITINGS:

(Editor, with others) The Collected Papers of AlbertEinstein, Volumes 8A and 8B: Correspondence, 1914-1918, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 1998.

Zeppelin! Germany and the Airship, 1900-1939, Johns Hopkins University Press (Baltimore, MD), 2001.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Crossing the Big Divide: Europe and Transatlantic Flying (tentative title), for Texas A & M University Press; research on the history of post-World War II tourism in Germany, French airships, airline advertising, and Switzerland during World War II; research on the cultural history of aviation.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

History Today, November, 2001, Anne Pointer, review of Zeppelin! Germany and the Airship, 1900-1939, p. 58; May, 2002, A. D. Harvey, review of Zeppelin!, p. 80.

New Yorker, April 22, 2002, Mark Rozzo, review of Zeppelin!, p. 42.

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