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Jules Ferry

1832 - 1893

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Jules François Camille Ferry (French: [ʒyl fɛʁi]; 5 April 1832 – 17 March 1893) was a French statesman and republican philosopher. He was one of the leaders of the Moderate Republicans and served as Prime Minister of France from 1880 to 1881 and 1883 to 1885. He was a promoter of laicism and colonial expansion. Under the Third Republic, Ferry made primary education free and compulsory through several new laws. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jules Ferry is the 4,289th most popular politician (down from 2,671st in 2019), the 1,265th most popular biography from France (down from 894th in 2019) and the 302nd most popular French Politician.

Jules Ferry is most famous for being the Prime Minister of France and for passing the Ferry Laws. These laws said that all French children were required to go to school, and that they had to speak French in school.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jules Ferry ranks 4,289 out of 19,576. Before him are Sundiata Keita, Teispes, Mstislav I of Kiev, Zhelyu Zhelev, Władysław II the Exile, and Jules Wijdenbosch. After him are Abdullah of Pahang, Jayalalithaa, Alcetas II of Macedon, Bardas, Redbad, King of the Frisians, and Kenneth III of Scotland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Jules Ferry ranks 21. Before him are Ármin Vámbéry, Horatio Alger, Andrew Dickson White, George, King of Saxony, Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, and Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow. After him are Osman Nuri Pasha, Felice Beato, Alfred von Waldersee, Émile Gaboriau, Wilhelm Busch, and Michel Bréal. Among people deceased in 1893, Jules Ferry ranks 14. Before him are Jan Matejko, Hippolyte Taine, Alexander of Battenberg, Baron Alexander von Bach, Ernst Kummer, and Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria. After him are John Tyndall, Benjamin Butler, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Abner Doubleday, and Leland Stanford.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jules Ferry ranks 1,265 out of 6,770. Before him are Étienne-Jules Marey (1830), René Thom (1923), Franck Ribéry (1983), Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1655), Margaret I, Countess of Flanders (1145), and Joël Robuchon (1945). After him are Odile of Alsace (662), Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (1012), Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838), Dominique Sanda (1948), Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737), and Max Linder (1883).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Jules Ferry ranks 302. Before him are Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (1334), Francis III, Duke of Brittany (1518), Odo of Bayeux (1036), Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma (1930), Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1655), and Margaret I, Countess of Flanders (1145). After him are Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (1012), Tancred of Hauteville (980), Walter Sans Avoir (1050), Augustin Robespierre (1763), Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (1202), and Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1695).

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