André Jardin (1912 – 1996) was a French biographer and historian, best known for his studies of Alexis de Tocqueville and 19th century French history. His 1984 biography of Tocqueville, *Alexis de Tocqueville: 1805-1859* —translated into English as *Tocqueville: A Biography* in 1988 by Lydia Davis and Robert Hemenway— was acclaimed as the definitive account of the life and career of the author of *Democracy in America*. **Source**: [André Jardin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Jardin) on Wikipedia.