Léonie Villard

Léonie Villard (1890–1962) was a French literary critic and professor at the Université de Lyon. She was the first woman to be a professor of literature at a French university. In 1917 she received the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize for her book, Jane Austen: Sa Vie et Son Oeuvre. She was also a member of the faculty of Mount Holyoke College in 1937 and 1950–1951. The college holds her diary of life in Vichy France during the Second World War.

Selected publications

 * Jane Austen: Sa Vie et Son Oeuvre. 1915.
 * La Femme anglaise au XIXe siècle et son évolution d'après le roman anglais contemporain. Paris, 1920.
 * Le Théâtre Américain. Boivin & Cie, Paris, c. 1929.
 * La Poésie Américaine. Trois siècles de poésie lyrique et de poèmes narratifs. Paris, 1945.
 * Essai de Psychologie de la Grammaire Anglaise. Paris, 1957.