Ferdinand Buisson
1841 – 1932 · aged 91
French academic and politician (1841-1932)
- Born
- 20 Dec 1841 · Paris
- Died
- 16 Feb 1932 · Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine
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- 20 Dec 1841BornBorn in Paris
- 1892AwardMarcelin Guérin Prize
- 1902 – 1924RoleMember of parliament for the Seine
- 1902 – 1906RolePresident
- 1914 – 1926RolePresident
- 1924AwardGrand Officer of the Legion of Honour
- 1927AwardNobel Peace Prize
- 16 Feb 1932DiedDied in Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine
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Major world events during their lifetime (1841 – 1932).
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
Biography
Ferdinand Édouard Buisson (French pronunciation: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ edwaʁ bɥisɔ̃]; 20 December 1841 – 16 February 1932) was a French educational public servant, pacifist, and Radical-Socialist (left liberal) politician. He presided over the League of Education from 1902 to 1906 and over the Human Rights League (LDH) from 1914 to 1926. In 1927, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to him jointly with Ludwig Quidde. A philosopher and educator, he was Director of Primary Education. He was the author of a thesis on Sebastian Castellio, in whom he saw a "liberal Protestant" in his image. Ferdinand Buisson was the president of the National Association of Freethinkers. In 1905, he chaired the parliamentary committee to implement the separation of church and state. Famous for his fight for secular education through the League of Education, he coined the term laïcité ("secularism").
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