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Bourgeois, Leon Victor Auguste(Bourgeois, Léon)
1851 - Born on May 21st in Paris, France. French politician and statesman, an ardent promoter of the League of Nations, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
1876-1887 - Bourgeois entered the civil service and had advanced to the position of prefect of police for the Seine département.
1888 - He was elected to the National Assembly as a deputy from the Marne district.
1895-1896 - He became premier.
- He was the head of the Radical-Socialist Party.
1899 - Bourgeois was a French delegate to the Hague Conference, where he espoused international cooperation among nations.
1902 - He represented the Marne in the Senate.
1903 - He was appointed to the International Court of Justice (at The Hague).
1919 - He was France's representative to the League of Nations, emerging as its champion. He was known as a leading spokesman for the social theory of solidarism, which stressed the quasi-contractual nature of society and the essential obligations of all men to it.
1920 - He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
- Became the Senate president.
1923 - His publications include Solidarité, La Politique de la prévoyance sociale, 2 vol. (“The Politics of Social Planning”), Le Pacte de 1919 et la Société des Nations, and L'Oeuvre de la Société des Nations (“The Work of the League of Nations”).
1925 - Died on September 29th in Château d'Oger, near Épernay.
1876-1887 - Bourgeois entered the civil service and had advanced to the position of prefect of police for the Seine département.
1888 - He was elected to the National Assembly as a deputy from the Marne district.
1895-1896 - He became premier.
- He was the head of the Radical-Socialist Party.
1899 - Bourgeois was a French delegate to the Hague Conference, where he espoused international cooperation among nations.
1902 - He represented the Marne in the Senate.
1903 - He was appointed to the International Court of Justice (at The Hague).
1919 - He was France's representative to the League of Nations, emerging as its champion. He was known as a leading spokesman for the social theory of solidarism, which stressed the quasi-contractual nature of society and the essential obligations of all men to it.
1920 - He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
- Became the Senate president.
1923 - His publications include Solidarité, La Politique de la prévoyance sociale, 2 vol. (“The Politics of Social Planning”), Le Pacte de 1919 et la Société des Nations, and L'Oeuvre de la Société des Nations (“The Work of the League of Nations”).
1925 - Died on September 29th in Château d'Oger, near Épernay.
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