PRICE-MARS, JEAN

born Oct. 15, 1876, Grande Rivire-du-Nord, Haiti died March 2, 1969, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Haitian physician, public official, diplomat, ethnologist, and historian of his country's sociological and intellectual development and of the contribution of Haitians to the culture of the Americas. Among his ethnological writings is Ainsi parla l'oncle (1928; new ed., 1954; "Thus Spoke the Uncle"), a collection of essays intended to "restore to the Haitian people the dignity of their folklore." He also wrote La Rpublique du Hati et la Rpublique Dominicaine (1953; "The Republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic"), a history of the relations between the two countries of Hispaniola. He served as Haitian charg d'affaires in Washington, D.C. (1908-11); national inspector of public education (1912-15); and minister to France (1915-16).