Ferdinand édouard Buisson
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Ferdinand Édouard Buisson , 1841-1932, French educator and Nobel Peace Prize winner. He studied at the Sorbonne and later taught (1866-70) in Switzerland. After 1870 he served in the French department of education, as an inspector of schools and a director of primary education, resigning in 1886 to become professor of pedagogy at the Sorbonne. He produced the Dictionnaire de pédagogie (1882-93). From 1902 to 1914 and again from 1919 to 1924, he was a member of the chamber of deputies and worked actively for civil rights. An ardent pacifist, he attended (1867) the first congress of the International Peace League; with Ludwig Quidde of Germany he received the 1927 Nobel Peace Prize.
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