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Frédéric Passy
Frédéric Passy was a French economist and pacifist who was a founding member of several peace societies and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. He was also an author and politician, sitting in the Chamber of Deputies from 1881 until 1889. He was a joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 for his work in the European peace movement.
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politics · French economist and pacifist (1822–1912) · economist · politician · diplomat · humanist · political economist · pacifist · author · also Frédéric Passy, Frederic Passy, Passy
Born 20 May 1822 · Died 12 June 1912 · Q180409
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s executors for using his money to create foundations he did not intend, and suggesting that the award could weaken the peace movement by attracting disingenuous money-seekers instead of peace-seekers. The article was published by the peace journal La Paix par le droit (Peace Through Law) in 1926. Despite Passy
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the influence of these international [peace congresses] increases ... from year to year; it becomes more and more evident that they are taken seriously in the highest quarters
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1927· 2 entries
His son Paul published a memoir of his father's life entitled Un apôtre de la paix: La vie de Frédéric Passy
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1926· 1 entry
“s executors for using his money to create foundations he did not intend, and suggesting that the award could weaken the peace movement by attracting disingenuous money-seekers instead of peace-seekers. The article was published by the peace journal La Paix par le droit (Peace Through Law) in 1926. Despite Passy”
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1923· 1 entry
And the family owned the house until 1949
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1912· 2 entries
Died 1912-06-12.
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After a long period of illness and incapacitation
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1909· 4 entries
Released an entire curriculum entitled Cours d'Enseignement Pacifiste (Pacifist Teaching Course)
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That "the influence of these international [peace congresses] increases
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“the influence of these international [peace congresses] increases ... from year to year; it becomes more and more evident that they are taken seriously in the highest quarters”
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Entitled Pour la paix: Notes et documents (For the Peace: Notes and Documents)
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1905· 1 entry
Attended the 14th Universal Peace Congress in Lucerne, during rising tensions between France and Germany
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1902· 1 entry
Career landmark: funeral.
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1901· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for his lifelong work for international peace conferences, diplomacy and arbitration.
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1901).
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For his work in the European peace movement
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Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize alongside Red Cross founder, Henry Dunant
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1894· 1 entry
The Universal Peace Congress in Antwerp considered the ways in which members of the labour movement might be further involved with the peace movement, but Passy argued against such a co-operation
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1889· 3 entries
Attended by prominent politicians like Léon Bourgeois and Jean Jaures, with Passy serving as president
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Passy's Société merged with Hodgson Pratt's International Arbitration and Peace Association to form the Société Française pour l'Arbitrage entre Nations (French Society for Arbitration between Nations)
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And despite increasing his vote share in the weeks building up to the election, lost by 1,717 votes to Marius Martin
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1887· 1 entry
Passy and British MP William Randal Cremer petitioned their respective parliaments to support arbitration treaties between their country and the United States
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1883· 1 entry
Career landmark: president (1883–1883).
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1881· 2 entries
Career landmark: Member of parliament for the Seine (1881–1889).
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Passy was elected as the Deputy for the 8th arrondissement of Paris, beating a Bonapartist candidate
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1877· 1 entry
Passy was accepted into the Académie de sciences morales et politiques (Academy of Moral and Political Sciences) for his works on political economy, and he was elected president of the Association française pour l'avance
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1874· 1 entry
Career landmark: Conseiller général de Seine-et-Oise (1874–1898).
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1873· 1 entry
Which Passy and Henry Richard were involved in
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1871· 1 entry
And Masonic lodges began to undertake peace projects
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1870· 1 entry
Pope Pius IX's First Vatican Council issued the Pastor aeternus, which legitimised Papal infallibility and solidified his word as divine
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1859· 1 entry
Passy condemned the idea that military action could be a solution to political issues, suggesting instead that Europe should have a "permanent congress to oversee the general interests of humanity" and an international p
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1856· 1 entry
Passy acquired the Désert de Retz estate in Chambourcy from Jean-François Bayard
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1847· 1 entry
Passy married the wealthy Marie Blanche Sageret (1827–1900), the daughter of Jules Sageret and Marie Florence Irma Moricet
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1827· 2 entries
And in 1847, Félix married Irma Moricet, his son's widowed mother-in-law
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Frédéric Passy's mother died in 1827, and in 1847, Félix married Irma Moricet, his son's widowed mother-in-law.
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1822· 3 entries
Born 1822-05-20.
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Passy was born in Paris in 1822 to an aristocratic Catholic family, which had strong ties to Orléanist politics.
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To an aristocratic Catholic family, which had strong ties to Orléanist politics
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1821· 1 entry
Félix Passy moved into the family home with Claude Louis Salleron
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