About: Remi Nadeau

Remi A. Nadeau (August 30, 1920 – June 6, 2016) was an American historian. He earned a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Born in Los Angeles, Remi Allen Nadeau was the son of the late Marguerite and Remi E. Nadeau and the great-great grandson of "old" Remi Nadeau from the 1870s – known as the "King of the Desert Freighters." Remi Allen was a fifth generation Californian, a well-known historian and author, a descendant of one of California's pioneers. He was husband to his wife Margaret, and father to their three children. He died on June 6, 2016, in Santa Barbara, California, of natural causes at the age of 95.