Saint-Amand Bazard , 1791-1832, French socialist. He founded (1818) a republican society, Les Amis de la vérité [Friends of Truth], and was a member of the Carbonari . Bazard plotted (1821-22) for the overthrow of the monarchy but was unsuccessful. He adopted the socialistic doctrines of Claude Henri de Saint-Simon and, with Enfantin , headed the Saint-Simonian movement until 1831.
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