Proal immigrated to the United States in 1800 after he a Protestant and was forced to leave France. He was a French teacher before becoming Professor of Spanish Language and Literature at Norwich University, where he taught from 1825 to April 1826. He is buried in Middletown, Connecticut.
Sources
William Arba Ellis, ed., Norwich University, 1819-1911: Her History, Her Graduates, Her Roll of Honor (Montpelier, Vermont: The Capital City Press, 1911), 2:44.
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