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'''Paul Cushing Child''' (January 15, 1902 - May 12, 1994) was an ] ] and ]. He is best known as the husband of celebrity chef ]. '''Paul Cushing Child''' (January 15, 1902 – May 12, 1994) was an American civil servant, ], and artist known for being the husband of celebrity chef and author ].


==Early life== ==Early life==
Child was born in ], on January 15, 1902 to Bertha Cushing and Charles Triplet Child. His twin brother was named Charles.<ref>A Party for Paul Child </ref> When he and his brother were six months old, their father died and the twins moved with their mother to her family's home in ], where Paul attended ]. He took an extension course at ] and later became a teacher in ], ], and back in the ], giving instruction in various subjects including photography, English, and French. In 1941, while at ] School, he was a teacher and mentor to ], who later wrote the famous poem "High Flight." Child also taught ] and was a ] ].<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/14/obituaries/paul-child-artist-dies-at-92.html | title=Paul Child, Artist, Dies at 92 | work=The New York Times | first=Wolfgang | last=Saxon | date=May 14, 1994 | accessdate=May 7, 2010}}</ref><ref name="covert"> </ref><ref name="dearie">Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child. By Bob Spitz. 2012, </ref> Child was born in ], on January 15, 1902, to ] and Charles Tripler Child.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Hansen |first=Barbara |date=August 10, 1989 |title=A Party for Paul Child |url=https://www.latimes.com/food/la-fo-paul-child-s-story.html |access-date=April 1, 2022 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> When he and his twin brother Charles were six months old, their father died and their mother relocated them with her to her family's home in ]. It was there that Child attended ].
After taking an extension course at ] he then became a ] in ], ], and the ], instructing students in various subjects including photography, ], and ]. In 1941, while at ] School, he was a teacher and mentor to future poet ] Child was a ] ] in ] as well as a judo instructor.<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/14/obituaries/paul-child-artist-dies-at-92.html | title=Paul Child, Artist, Dies at 92 | work=The New York Times | first=Wolfgang | last=Saxon | date=May 14, 1994 | accessdate=July 7, 2010}}</ref><ref name="covert"></ref><ref name="dearie">''Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child''. By Bob Spitz. 2012, </ref>


==Government service and marriage== ==Government service and marriage==
During ], Child joined the ]. While stationed in ], he met ], who also worked for the OSS. They married on September 1, 1946, in ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/pages/juliachild|title=Julia Child}}</ref> and later moved to ] Child was known for his sophisticated palate.<ref>{{cite news | title = Julia Child: bon appétit: Celebrated cook taught America to relish life's bounty | first = Sylvia | last = Lindman | url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3694953/ | work = MSNBC.com | date = 2004-08-13 | accessdate = 2006-09-30 }}</ref> After he finished his work with the OSS, Child joined the ] and introduced his wife to fine cuisine. In 1948, the ] assigned Child to be an exhibits officer with the ]. While in Paris, his wife took up cooking and became a student at the famed Paris cooking school, ]. During ], Child joined the ] (OSS). While stationed in ], Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), he met ], who worked for the OSS as head of the Registry of the OSS Secretariat. They married on September 1, 1946, in ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/pages/juliachild|title=Julia Child|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325002745/http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/pages/juliachild|archivedate=March 25, 2012}}</ref> and later moved to Washington, D.C. A lover of world cuisine, Child was known for his sophisticated palate.<ref>{{cite news | title = Julia Child: bon appétit: Celebrated cook taught America to relish life's bounty | first = Sylvia | last = Lindman | url = https://www.today.com/popculture/julia-child-bon-appetit-wbna3694953 | work = Today.com | date = August 13, 2004 | accessdate = September 30, 2006 }}</ref>


After he finished his work with the OSS, Child joined the ] and introduced his wife to fine food. In 1948, the ] assigned Child to be an exhibits officer with the ]. While he worked at ] in ], ], ] took up ] and became a student at the famed Paris cooking school, ].
After five years in Paris, Child was reassigned to ], ], and ].


After five years in Paris, Child was reassigned to US Consulate in ], ] in ], and ] in ]. In April 1955, he was summoned from ] to undergo interrogation in Washington, D.C. While there, he was questioned about his political beliefs and the political beliefs of his co-workers.
In April 1955, he was summoned from Bonn to undergo interrogation in Washington, D.C. While there, he was questioned about his political beliefs and the political beliefs of his co-workers. Specifically, he was questioned about Jane Foster, a friend of the Childs during World War II. Feeling his privacy had been violated through the interrogation, Child and his wife's oppositions to the Senate investigations<!--spearheaded at that time by Senator ]--> were reinforced.<ref name="conant">Jennet Conant, ''A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS'' (NY: Simon & Schuster, 2011), esp. 12-23</ref>


Specifically, he was questioned about ], a friend of the Childs' during World War II. He was also accused of "homosexual tendencies" and told by agents that "male homosexuals often have wives and children". Feeling his privacy had been violated through the interrogation, Child's and his wife's opposition to the Senate investigations—spearheaded at that time by Senator ]—was reinforced.<ref name="conant">Jennet Conant, ''A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS'' (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011), esp. 12-23</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 22, 2011 |title=Excerpt from 'A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS' |url=https://www.popmatters.com/139980-a-covert-affair-julia-child-and-paul-child-in-the-oss-2496045581.html |access-date=April 1, 2011 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 31, 2011 |title=Review: A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS |url=https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/a-covert-affair-julia-child-and-paul-child-in-the-oss |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=Book Reporter}}</ref>
Child retired from government service in 1961.

Child retired from ] ] in 1961.<ref name=":0" />


==Later years== ==Later years==
] at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History]]
Following his retirement, the Childs moved to ], where his wife wrote cookbooks and he supplied photographs and illustrations for them. Child was also known as a poet who frequently wrote about his wife. His prose was later celebrated in an authorized biography of Julia. In '']'', portions of the letters he wrote to his twin brother, Charles, while the Childs lived abroad were included as illustration of his love and admiration for his wife and her cooking skills and talent.<ref>Editorial reviews of "Appetite for Life" at Amazon.com</ref> Following his retirement, the Childs moved to ], Massachusetts, where his wife wrote cookbooks, and he took photographs to provide illustrations for them. Child was also known as a poet who frequently wrote about his wife; his prose was later celebrated in an authorized biography of her. In ''Appetite for Life'', portions of the letters he wrote to his twin brother while the Childs lived abroad were included as an illustration of his love and admiration for his wife as well as her cooking skills and talent.<ref></ref>


], designed by Paul Child, was the setting for three of her television shows. It is now on display at the ] in Washington, D.C. Beginning with ''In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs,'' the Childs' home kitchen in Cambridge was fully transformed into a functional set, with TV-quality lighting, three cameras positioned to catch all angles in the room, and a massive center island with a gas stovetop on one side and an electric stovetop on the other, but leaving the rest of the Childs' appliances alone.<ref>{{cite book |last=Child |first=Julia |title=In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs |publisher=Knopf |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-43896-3 |chapter=Acknowledgments}}</ref>
Paul Child died at a nursing home in ], on May 12, 1994, following a long illness. His wife died about ten years later, on August 13, 2004.
]
Barbara Hansen, for the '']'' in 1989, highlighted an exhibition of Child's photographs and paintings at the Southern California Culinary Guild and commented that "although he has had some small exhibits, Child has received scant personal recognition. Mostly, he has remained in his wife’s shadow".<ref name=":0" /> Hansen highlighted a 1954 photograph as "the most arresting, perhaps," in the exhibit; the photograph features "a sensitive study of Julia in a cowl-necked blue dress holding an amber cat".<ref name=":0" />


Paul Child died at a nursing home in ], Massachusetts, on May 12, 1994, following a long illness. His widow, Julia Child, died ten years later, on August 13, 2004. A collection of papers held at the ] includes a selection of both Paul and Julia Child's journals, notes, personal and professional correspondence, along with a selection of Paul Child's artwork (photographs, prose and poetry).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collection: Papers of Julia Child, 1925-1993 |url=https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/8/resources/9746 |access-date=April 1, 2022 |website=Harvard Library |series=Collection Identifier: MC 644; T-139; Vt-23; Phon 15}}</ref>
Paul Child was portrayed by ] in the 2009 comedy-drama film ''],'' which was adapted in part from Julia Child's memoir ''].''

== Posthumous publications ==

* 2017 ''France Is a Feast: The Photographic Journey of Paul and Julia Child''. Written by Alex Prud’homme, great-nephew of Paul Child, and Katie Pratt; features 225 photographs by Child.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daley |first=Bill |date=November 30, 2017 |title=In 'France Is a Feast,' Paul Child steps out from Julia's shadow |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/ct-books-julia-child-france-feast-1203-story.html |access-date=April 1, 2022 |website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Luckel |first=Madeleine |date=October 24, 2017 |title=The Forgotten Photographic Chapter of Paul and Julia Child's Life in France |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/julia-child-life-in-france-paul-child-photographs-book |access-date=April 1, 2022 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref>

== In popular culture ==

* Child is portrayed by ] in the 2009 comedy-drama film ''],''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Donahue |first=Anne T. |date=2019-11-11 |title=Stanley Tucci's 12 Most Adorable Movie Roles |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/stanley-tucci-best-movies.html |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref> which is adapted in part from Julia Child's memoir '']''; the film includes Child's interrogation in 1955.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-08-07 |title=Stirring the Pot |url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/film/2009/08/07/stirring-pot |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=] |language=en}}</ref>
* He is portrayed by ] in the 2022 television series '']''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2022 |title=David Hyde Pierce shines behind the chef star in 'Julia' |url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-lifestyle-chefs-cuisines-61ea44144548268970a48fe0ef378c19 |access-date=April 1, 2022 |website=] |language=en}}</ref>


==References== ==References==
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== Additional sources==
==Sources==
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American diplomat (1902–1994)

Paul Cushing Child
Born(1902-01-15)January 15, 1902
Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedMay 12, 1994(1994-05-12) (aged 92)
Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationColumbia University
Alma materBoston Latin School
Occupations
  • Civil servant
  • diplomat
Spouse Julia McWilliams ​(m. 1946)​

Paul Cushing Child (January 15, 1902 – May 12, 1994) was an American civil servant, diplomat, and artist known for being the husband of celebrity chef and author Julia Child.

Early life

Child was born in Montclair, New Jersey, on January 15, 1902, to Bertha Cushing and Charles Tripler Child. When he and his twin brother Charles were six months old, their father died and their mother relocated them with her to her family's home in Boston. It was there that Child attended Boston Latin School.

After taking an extension course at Columbia University he then became a teacher in France, Italy, and the United States, instructing students in various subjects including photography, English, and French. In 1941, while at Avon Old Farms School, he was a teacher and mentor to future poet John Gillespie Magee Jr. Child was a fourth degree black belt in judo as well as a judo instructor.

Government service and marriage

During World War II, Child joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). While stationed in Kandy, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), he met Julia McWilliams, who worked for the OSS as head of the Registry of the OSS Secretariat. They married on September 1, 1946, in Lumberville, Pennsylvania, and later moved to Washington, D.C. A lover of world cuisine, Child was known for his sophisticated palate.

After he finished his work with the OSS, Child joined the United States Foreign Service and introduced his wife to fine food. In 1948, the U.S. State Department assigned Child to be an exhibits officer with the United States Information Agency. While he worked at US Embassy in Paris, France, his wife took up cooking and became a student at the famed Paris cooking school, Le Cordon Bleu.

After five years in Paris, Child was reassigned to US Consulate in Marseille, US Embassy in Bonn, and US Embassy in Oslo. In April 1955, he was summoned from Bonn to undergo interrogation in Washington, D.C. While there, he was questioned about his political beliefs and the political beliefs of his co-workers.

Specifically, he was questioned about Jane Foster, a friend of the Childs' during World War II. He was also accused of "homosexual tendencies" and told by agents that "male homosexuals often have wives and children". Feeling his privacy had been violated through the interrogation, Child's and his wife's opposition to the Senate investigations—spearheaded at that time by Senator Joseph McCarthy—was reinforced.

Child retired from US Government civil service in 1961.

Later years

Julia Child's kitchen at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Following his retirement, the Childs moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where his wife wrote cookbooks, and he took photographs to provide illustrations for them. Child was also known as a poet who frequently wrote about his wife; his prose was later celebrated in an authorized biography of her. In Appetite for Life, portions of the letters he wrote to his twin brother while the Childs lived abroad were included as an illustration of his love and admiration for his wife as well as her cooking skills and talent.

Julia Child's kitchen, designed by Paul Child, was the setting for three of her television shows. It is now on display at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Beginning with In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs, the Childs' home kitchen in Cambridge was fully transformed into a functional set, with TV-quality lighting, three cameras positioned to catch all angles in the room, and a massive center island with a gas stovetop on one side and an electric stovetop on the other, but leaving the rest of the Childs' appliances alone.

Portrait by Child of his wife Julia

Barbara Hansen, for the Los Angeles Times in 1989, highlighted an exhibition of Child's photographs and paintings at the Southern California Culinary Guild and commented that "although he has had some small exhibits, Child has received scant personal recognition. Mostly, he has remained in his wife’s shadow". Hansen highlighted a 1954 photograph as "the most arresting, perhaps," in the exhibit; the photograph features "a sensitive study of Julia in a cowl-necked blue dress holding an amber cat".

Paul Child died at a nursing home in Lexington, Massachusetts, on May 12, 1994, following a long illness. His widow, Julia Child, died ten years later, on August 13, 2004. A collection of papers held at the Schlesinger Library includes a selection of both Paul and Julia Child's journals, notes, personal and professional correspondence, along with a selection of Paul Child's artwork (photographs, prose and poetry).

Posthumous publications

  • 2017 France Is a Feast: The Photographic Journey of Paul and Julia Child. Written by Alex Prud’homme, great-nephew of Paul Child, and Katie Pratt; features 225 photographs by Child.

In popular culture

References

  1. ^ Hansen, Barbara (August 10, 1989). "A Party for Paul Child". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  2. Saxon, Wolfgang (May 14, 1994). "Paul Child, Artist, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  3. A Covert Affair, by Jennet Conant, page 14
  4. Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child. By Bob Spitz. 2012, Dearie, Chapter 6: Paul
  5. "Julia Child". Archived from the original on March 25, 2012.
  6. Lindman, Sylvia (August 13, 2004). "Julia Child: bon appétit: Celebrated cook taught America to relish life's bounty". Today.com. Retrieved September 30, 2006.
  7. Jennet Conant, A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011), esp. 12-23
  8. "Excerpt from 'A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS'". PopMatters. April 22, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  9. "Review: A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS". Book Reporter. October 31, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  10. Editorial reviews of "Appetite for Life" at Amazon.com
  11. Child, Julia (1995). "Acknowledgments". In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs. Knopf. ISBN 0-679-43896-3.
  12. "Collection: Papers of Julia Child, 1925-1993". Harvard Library. Collection Identifier: MC 644; T-139; Vt-23; Phon 15. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  13. Daley, Bill (November 30, 2017). "In 'France Is a Feast,' Paul Child steps out from Julia's shadow". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  14. Luckel, Madeleine (October 24, 2017). "The Forgotten Photographic Chapter of Paul and Julia Child's Life in France". Vogue. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  15. Donahue, Anne T. (November 11, 2019). "Stanley Tucci's 12 Most Adorable Movie Roles". Vulture. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  16. "Stirring the Pot". The Advocate. August 7, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  17. "David Hyde Pierce shines behind the chef star in 'Julia'". Associated Press. April 1, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.

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