Alexandre Sheldon-Duplaix


Alexandre Sheldon-Duplaix is a French naval historian.

Early life

The son of an American father and a French mother, Alexandre Sheldon Duplaix has dual American and French citizenships. He graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Science and holds an MA in history and two pre-doctoral dissertations in history and political science from the Sorbonne.

Academic career

For twelve years until 1999, he worked as a naval analyst under contract with the French Navy before joining the naval section of French Defence Historical Service, located in the Château de Vincennes, near Paris. Since 2001, he has lectured on naval history at the French Joint Defense Staff College in Paris and at the Combat Systems and Naval Weapons School near Toulon.

Published works