{"id":"ferdinand-buisson","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ferdinand-buisson","language":"en","name":"Ferdinand Buisson","name_en":"Ferdinand Buisson","name_ne":null,"description":"French academic and politician (1841-1932)","headline":"French academic and politician (1841-1932)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Ferdinand Édouard Buisson was a French educational public servant, pacifist, and Radical-Socialist politician. He presided over the League of Education from 1902 to 1906 and over the Human Rights League (LDH) from 1914 to 1926. In 1927, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to him jointly with Ludwig Quidde. A 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 National Association of Freethinkers. In 1905, he chaired the parliamentary committee to implement the separation of church and state. Famous for his fight for secular education through the League of Education, he coined the term laïcité (\"secularism\").","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"20 December 1841","date":"1841-12-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273607#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273607#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"16 February 1932","date":"1932-02-16"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273607#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1332453"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273607#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273607#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"professor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121594"},{"text":"pedagogue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1231865"},{"text":"philosopher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4964182"},{"text":"librarian","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182436"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273607#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Radical-Socialist and Radical Republican Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3141290"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273607#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Lycée Condorcet","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q926749"},{"text":"Faculty of Arts of Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3064325","end":"1891"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273607#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (1914–1926)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"1914","end":"1926"},{"text":"Deputy of the French Third Republic (11 May 1902 – 31 May 1924)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115548470","start":"1902-05-11","end":"1924-05-31"},{"text":"president (1902–1906)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"1902","end":"1906"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273607#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Nobel Peace Prize","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35637","date":"1927"},{"text":"Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10855216","date":"1924"},{"text":"Marcelin Guérin Prize","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20859559","date":"1892"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273607#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Buisson","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273607"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Ferdinand Buisson born?","a":"Ferdinand Buisson was born on 20 December 1841 in Paris."},{"q":"What positions has Ferdinand Buisson held?","a":"Positions held by Ferdinand Buisson include: president (1914–1926); 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: 1930 Ferdinand Buisson.jpg — Georges Chevalier, CC BY 4.0.","cite":"\"Ferdinand Buisson\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/ferdinand-buisson. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T06:59:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/ferdinand-buisson","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/ferdinand-buisson","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/ferdinand-buisson?lang=ne"}}