Jules François Camille Ferry (French pronunciation: [ʒyl feʁi]; 5 April 1832 – 17 March 1893) was a French statesman and republican. He was a promoter of laicism and colonial expansion.
Born in Saint-Dié, in the Vosges département, France, he studied law, and was called to the bar at Paris in 1854, but soon went into politics, contributing to various newspapers, particularly to Le Temps. He attacked the Second French Empire with great violence, d...
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Jules François Camille Ferry (French pronunciation: [ʒyl feʁi]; 5 April 1832 – 17 March 1893) was a French statesman and republican. He was a promoter of laicism and colonial expansion.
Born in Saint-Dié, in the Vosges département, France, he studied law, and was called to the bar at Paris in 1854, but soon went into politics, contributing to various newspapers, particularly to Le Temps. He attacked the Second French Empire with great violence, directing his opposition especially against Baron Haussmann, prefect of the Seine département. A series of his articles in Le Temps were later republished as The Fantastic Tales of Haussmann (1868). Elected republican deputy for Paris in 1869, he protested against the declaration of war with Germany, and on 6 September 1870 was appointed prefect of the Seine by the Government of National Defense.
In this position he had the difficult task of administering Paris during the siege, and after the Paris Commune was obliged to resign (5 June 1871)....
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