Frelin, Jules Theophile, 1870-1956.

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Jules I. Frelin was born in Alsace, but moved to Faribault MN with his family in 1885. He attended Mankato Normal School and taught in Arlington MN, also serving as school principal there. At the start of the Spanish-American war, Frelin enlisted in a Minnesota regiment, and served in the Philippines; after the war, he remained to teach French to the indigenous people there. He then returned to Minnesota to get a languages degree from the University of Minnesota, where he taught for 34 years. On retirement, Frelin began a trip around the world, but was detained in Tahiti for a year because of the outbreak of WWII. He returned to Minneapolis and died in March, 1956.

From the description of Diary, 1899, 1918. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62442690

Jules Theophile Frelin, B.A. (1905) University of Minnesota. Assistant professor of romance languages at the University of Minnesota.

Jules Frelin was born on March 13, 1870 in Alsace, France. He left his home at the age of 15 to travel, including the South Sea Islands; but on reaching the United States he settled in Minnesota and began his advanced studies at the Mankato Normal School. After graduating in 1893, he became a teacher and later the principal at schools in Arlington and Gaylord, Minnesota. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, Frelin enlisted, and after the war’s end, he volunteered as a teacher of English in the Philippine Islands. There he was assigned to a remote village where he remained for three years.

After returning to the United States, Frelin entered the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Minnesota as both a teacher and a student. He received his B.A. degree in 1905 and remained an active member of the department until his retirement in 1938 as an assistant professor of romance languages. Following his retirement, Frelin traveled the world. He died in Minneapolis on March 15, 1956.

From the guide to the Jules Theophile Frelin diaries, 1899, 1918, (University of Minnesota Libraries. University of Minnesota Archives [uarc])

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Death 1956

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