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Ferdinand Buisson

1841 - 1932

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Buisson is the 3,995th most popular politician (up from 4,713th in 2019), the 1,192nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,442nd in 2019) and the 279th most popular French Politician.

Ferdinand Buisson was a French historian and sociologist who is most famous for being the founder of the French school of sociology. He was also the founder of the French Association of Sociology.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ferdinand Buisson ranks 3,995 out of 19,576. Before him are Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg, Sigismund Báthory, Prince George of Denmark, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, and Haris Silajdžić. After him are Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, János Áder, Uriah the Hittite, Ambiorix, and Gnassingbé Eyadéma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Ferdinand Buisson ranks 19. Before him are Henri Fayol, Henry Morton Stanley, Félix Faure, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Armand Fallières, and Gerhard Armauer Hansen. After him are Armand Guillaumin, Emmanuel Chabrier, Ernst Schröder, Victor D'Hondt, Clément Ader, and Hermann Carl Vogel. Among people deceased in 1932, Ferdinand Buisson ranks 25. Before him are Errico Malatesta, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, Joseph Babinski, Kang Pan-sok, Eugen d'Albert, and Pavlik Morozov. After him are André Maginot, Pierre De Geyter, Jules Chéret, Inukai Tsuyoshi, Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, and John Charles Fields.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ferdinand Buisson ranks 1,192 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827), Jean Gaston Darboux (1842), Robert I, Count of Artois (1216), Jean-Claude Carrière (1931), Alexandra David-Néel (1868), and Luis Federico Leloir (1906). After him are Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (1401), Paulinus of Nola (354), Anne L'Huillier (1958), Raymond Radiguet (1903), Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805), and Jacques Demy (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Ferdinand Buisson ranks 279. Before him are Daniel Cohn-Bendit (1945), Alain Poher (1909), Lionel Jospin (1937), Marie Louise Gonzaga (1611), Richard III, Duke of Normandy (1001), and Robert I, Count of Artois (1216). After him are Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (1401), Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (1523), Georges Ernest Boulanger (1837), Guy, Count of Flanders (1226), Henry I of Navarre (1244), and Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey (1754).

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