Matthieu Haroux works as a history teacher at a high school near Paris. As a French PhD candidate of the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, he is currently working on the subject “Rochambeau or the culture for the military service of the State (1725-1807)”. After a great military career, Rochambeau is chosen as commandant in chief of the French expedition during the American War of Independence. At Mount Vernon, Matthieu will be working on the American bibliography regarding the Independence war and on the collections and the archives accessible only from the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. These databases will allow him to study the relationship between Washington, Rochambeau, Lafayette or Chastellux and to analyze the operational and tactical aspects of the war. He will also visit locations of the war.
Recipient of the James C. Rees Fellowship on the Leadership of George Washington