François Albert-Buisson

François Albert-Buisson (born May 3, 1881 in Issoire , Département Puy-de-Dôme , † May 21, 1961 in Aix-en-Provence ) was a French judge , politician and historian and a member of the Académie française .

Life

The son of a shoe manufacturer first studied pharmacy after attending school and graduated with a doctorate . Another study of law , he graduated with a Doctor of Laws , and then founded the pharmaceutical laboratory Theraplix .

He then became a judge at the Commercial Court ( Tribunal de Commerce ) of Paris in 1913 , of which he was president from 1930 to 1934. In the meantime he was from June 1924 to April 1925 cabinet director of Finance Minister Étienne Clémentel . He then became mayor of his native Issoire and held this office until 1941.

He was also manager of many industrial companies and banks , as well as president of the National Foreign Trade Bank Banque nationale française pour le commerce extérieur (BNFCE). In 1932 he was the founding president of the commercial and industrial bank Banque nationale pour le commerce et l'industrie (BNCI) and later from 1936 to 1959 Chairman of the Board of Directors of the pharmaceutical and chemical group Rhône-Poulenc . In addition, he became a member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques in 1936 , of which he became permanent secretary in 1951.

Between May 1940 and 1944 he was also senator for the Puy-de-Dôme department.

1953 Minister of Education appointed him André Marie for chancellor and secretary of the Central Administrative Commission of the Institut de France . He held these offices until his death. In addition, he was elected on March 3, 1955 to succeed Émile Mâle as a member of the Académie française and took over the second seat ( armchair 2 ) in this until his death . Together with him, Jean Cocteau and Daniel-Rops were elected members of the academy.

In 1961, shortly before his death, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor .

Publications

In addition to his activities as a judge and economic manager, he wrote various books on law and economics , but also numerous historical monographs on Antoine Duprat , Michel de L'Hospital and Jean-François Paul de Gondi , the Cardinal de Retz . His publications include:

• Leproblemème des poudres, au point de vue technique, économique et national , 1913
• Le chèque et sa fonction économique , 1923
• La crise économique , 1926
• De la validité des clauses tendant à parer, dans les contrats, aux inconvénients de l'instabilité monétaire , 1926
• Le nouveau régime de l'administration municipale , 1926
• De la nature juridique des groupements d'obligataires et de la validité de leurs actes , 1927
• La transmission des “billets” de fonds et le privilège du vendeur , 1928
• Les groupements d'obligataires. Étude juridique, économique et législative , 1930
• La Morale et les Affaires , 1931
• Le statut de la faillite , 1932
• La déviation du droit en période de crise économique , 1932
• Dynamisme économique et stabilité des lois , 1933
• La sécurité juridique, condition de la prospérité économique , 1934
• Le statut légal du fonds de commerce , 1934
• Le chancelier Antoine Duprat , 1935
• Michel de l'Hospital , 1950
• Le cardinal de Retz , 1955
• Les Quarante au temps des lumières , 1956

Web links and sources

• Literature by and about François Albert-Buisson in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about François Albert-Buisson in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
• Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)