Agénor Etienne de Gasparin
Count Agénor Étienne de Gasparin (born July 10, 1810 in Orange , † May 14, 1871 in Geneva ) was a Reformed publicist and campaigner for religious freedom in France .
Life
As the son of the former minister Adrien de Gasparin (1782–1862), he studied law at the Sorbonne . At the age of 27, he married Valérie Boissier from Geneva in 1837 . First he worked as head of cabinet in his father's ministry, then as rapporteur for the Petitions Commission in the State Council. In 1842 he was elected as a member of the National Assembly for Corsica , where he stood up for the human rights of blacks . Politically conservative, at the same time fought corruption in filling public positions and, as an avid Protestant, was just as emphatic in promoting the free exercise of the Protestant cult.
In 1846 he was not re-elected and was hardly involved in politics afterwards. In 1852 he went to Tuscany to obtain freedom for the Madiai couple, who had been condemned to the galley for converting to Protestantism . He only succeeded in doing this through the mediation of the King of Sardinia . He spent most of the rest of his life in Geneva.
Works
- Esclavage et traité. 1838.
- Intérêts généraux du protestantisme français. 1843.
- Christianisme et paganisme. Two volumes, 1846–50.
- Les écoles du doute et l'école de la foi. 1853.
- Les tables tournantes. 1854 (declaration of moving the table ).
- Les États-Unis en 1861. 2nd edition, 1862.
- La famille, ses devoirs, ses joies et ses douleurs. 3rd edition, 1865.
- La liberté morale. 1868.
- La France, nos fautes, nos périls, notre avenir. Paris 1872.
- Posthumously
- Innocent III. Le siège apostolique. Constantin. 1873.
- Luther et la réforme au XVL siècle. 1873.
- Pensées de liberté inédites. 1874.
literature
- Théodore Boxel: Le comte Agénor de Gasparin . Bonhoure, Paris 1879.
- Adrien Naville: Le comte Agénor de Gasparin . Geneva 1871.
- Louis Ruffet (ed.): Le comte Agénor de Gasparin. Un grand libéral chrétien . Librairie Fischbacher, Paris 1884.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : GASPARIN, Agenor de. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 179-180.
- Denise Francillon: Agénor Étienne de Gasparin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gasparin, Agénor Étienne de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French publicist and politician, member of the National Assembly |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | orange |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1871 |
| Place of death | Geneva |