Ferdinand Buisson
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Ferdinand Édouard Buisson (December 20, 1841 – February 16, 1932) was a French academic, educational bureaucrat, Protestant pastor, pacifist and Socialist politician. He presided the Human Rights League (LDH) from 1914 to 1926.
Buisson helped create France's system of universal, secular primary education in the 1880's.
He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1927.
Books
- Improve your French with [Sommes-nous tous des libres croyants ?], Ferdinand Buisson & Charles Wagner
References
Nobel Peace Prize: Laureates (1926–1950)
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1926: Briand, Stresemann |
1927: Buisson, Quidde |
1929: Kellogg |
1930: Söderblom |
1931: Addams, Butler |
1933: Angell |
1934: Henderson |
1935: Ossietzky |
1936: Lamas |
1937: Cecil |
1938: Nansen Office |
1944: ICRC |
1945: Hull |
1946: Balch, Mott |
1947: QPSW, AFSC |
1949: Boyd Orr |
1950: Bunche
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