Birth of Jacques Maritain
Jacques Maritain is born in Paris.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Jacques Maritain Biography and Timeline
Follow Jacques Maritain through 10 dated historical records for France.
Jacques Maritain, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1882–1973Years on this page
1882
1901
Meeting Raissa Oumansoff
Maritain meets Raissa Oumansoff while studying at the Sorbonne, beginning a lifelong intellectual partnership.
1906
Conversion to Catholicism
Jacques and Raissa Maritain enter the Catholic Church, a turning point in his intellectual development.
1908
Study of Thomas Aquinas
Maritain turns intensively to the writings of Thomas Aquinas and develops the Thomist orientation of his mature philosophy.
1912
Professor at Lycee Stanislas
Maritain becomes professor of philosophy at the Lycee Stanislas and also teaches at the Institut Catholique.
1920
Art and Scholasticism
Maritain publishes Art and Scholasticism, applying Thomist ideas to aesthetics.
1932
The Degrees of Knowledge
Maritain publishes The Degrees of Knowledge, a major work on epistemology and metaphysics.
1936
Integral Humanism
Maritain publishes Integral Humanism, developing a personalist approach to political and social philosophy.
1945
French Ambassador to the Holy See
Maritain begins serving as French ambassador to the Holy See after the liberation of France.
Role range: 1945-1948
1973
Death of Jacques Maritain
Jacques Maritain dies in Toulouse.
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.