Paul Joseph Mantoux
Born	14 April, 1877 Paris, France
Died	14 December, 1956 Paris, France
Occupation	Economic historian

Paul Mantoux (14 April 1877 – 14 December 1956) was a Frencheconomic historian of theIndustrial Revolution who taught at theUniversity of London, theConservatoire national des arts et métiers, and theGeneva Graduate Institute. His best known work is the 1906 bookThe Industrial Revolution in the Eighteenth Century: An Outline of the Beginnings of the Modern Factory System in England, which fellow economic historianT. S. Ashton stated was "by far the best introduction to the subject in any language."^[1]

Mantoux was the interpreter ofGeorges Clemenceau at theParis Peace Conference in 1919. He was subsequently director of the Political Section of theLeague of Nations's secretariat. In 1927, he co-founded theGeneva Graduate Institute, along withWilliam Rappard. Mantoux trained at theÉcole normale supérieure (Paris).^[2][3][4][5]One of his children was the economistÉtienne Mantoux.^[6]

• La Révolution industrielle au XVIIIe siècle. Essai sur les commencements de la grande industrie moderne en Angleterre. Paris: Société de librairie et d'édition, 1906, 544 pp.
  • English translation:The Industrial Revolution in the Eighteenth Century: An Outline of the Beginnings of the Modern Factory System in England tr. Marjorie Vernon. London: Jonathan Cape, 1929, 539 pp.
• A travers l'Angleterre contemporaine : la guerre Sud-Africaine et l'opinion, l'organisation du parti ouvrier, l'évolution du gouvernement et de l'État. Paris: Félix Alcan, 1909.
• The Deliberations of the Council of Four (March 24-June 28, 1919) / Notes of the Official Interpreter, Paul Mantoux; Translated and Edited by Arthur S. Link, with the Assistance of Manfred F. Boemeke. Princeton University Press, 1992.

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