Félix Klein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Félix Klein

French priest

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1862

Place of Birth: Château-Chinon (Ville), Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 31-Dec-1953

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Abbé Félix Klein (12.
July 1862 Château-Chinon – December 1953 Gargenville) was a French priest, theologian and author, who taught at the Institut Catholique de Paris.
In the US, he is known as the author of the introduction of Comtesse de Ravilliax's French translation of Walter Elliott's Life of Father Hecker (1896), which started the Americanism controversy.
Klein was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1952.
Many of Abbé Klein's personal papers are kept in the University of Notre Dame Archives.