Alfred Léon Gérault-Richard

Alfred Léon Gérault (1860 – 6 December 1911[1]), known as Gérault-Richard, was a French journalist and socialist politician, born at Bonnétable (in the départment of Sarthe) of a peasant family.

Gérault-Richard

Gérault-Richard began life as a working upholsterer, first at Le Mans, and then at Paris (1880), where his peasant and socialist songs won him fame in the Montmartre quarter. Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray, the communard, offered him a position on La Bataille, and he became a regular contributor to the progressive journals, especially to La Petite République, of which he became editor-in-chief in 1897.[2]

In 1893 he founded Le Chambard, and was imprisoned for a year (1894) for a personal attack upon the president, Jean Casimir-Perier. In January 1895 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a member of the Socialist Party for the 13th arrondissement of Paris. Gérault-Richard was defeated at the elections of 1898 at Paris, but was twice re-elected (1902–1906, 1906–1911) by the colony of Guadeloupe.[2] He died in Fréjus.

Notes

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Gérault-Richard, Alfred Léon" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 31 (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. p. 223.
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gérault-Richard, Alfred Léon". Encyclopædia Britannica. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 766.

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French deputies associated with the conflict over Laïcité

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[1] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Gérault-Richard, Alfred Léon" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 31 (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. p. 223.

[EB1911-2] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gérault-Richard, Alfred Léon". Encyclopædia Britannica. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 766.