Ferdinand Édouard Buissonwas a French academic, educational bureaucrat, pacifist and Radical-Socialistpolitician. He presided over the League of Education from 1902 to 1906 and the Human Rights Leaguefrom 1914 to 1926. In 1927, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to him jointly with Ludwig Quidde. Philosopher and educator, he was Director of Primary Education. He was the author of a thesis on Sebastian Castellio, in whom he saw a "liberal Protestant" in his image. Ferdinand Buisson was the president of the...
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