Georges Martin (Freemason)

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Georges Martin (born May 9, 1844 in Paris ; † October 1, 1916 there ) was a French doctor and politician ( senator and general councilor) and one of the founders of mixed freemasonry for men and women.

Professional and political career

Georges Martin was the son of a pharmacist. After training with the Jesuits , he received the philological baccalaureate (Baccalauréat es-lettres) in 1861 and the scientific baccalaureate (Baccalauréat es-sciences), both degrees corresponding to the Abitur. He took up a medical degree and was increasingly active as a political actor for the ideas of the republic and equality. During this time he met Giuseppe Garibaldi in Italy in 1866 .

After returning to France, he continued his medical studies in Montpellier and then in Paris, where he received the title of Doctor of Medicine (docteur en médecine) in 1870 . He then practiced his profession for ten years as a “doctor for the poor”: as a “man of action”, he had founded a health service as early as 1866, following his liberal and republican convictions.

In 1874 Martin was elected to the Paris City Council for the first time; he was re-elected three times. He was a member of the Board of Directors for Public Aid (Assistance Publique) and contributed to the implementation of reforms. - In 1884 he was elected President of the General Council (Conseil général) of the Seine department , then in 1885 he was elected Senator of the same department.

After an election defeat in the 1890s, Martin retired from Paris to his estate in the Loir-et-Cher department . In 1897 he was elected to the general council of this department, to which he belonged until his death after regular re-election.

Masonic career

Georges Martin was admitted to the Loge Union et Bienfaisance of the Grande Loge de France on March 21, 1879 . He was a co-founder of the Grande Loge Symbolique Ecossaise de France . From 1880 onwards he worked unsuccessfully in favor of the admission of women into this male Freemason obedience.

On January 14, 1882, he helped Maria Deraismes to join the Les Libres Penseurs lodge in Le Pecq , making her the first female Freemason. After this lodge broke away from the Grande Loge Symbolique Ecossaise de France , in 1893 he and Maria Deraismes founded the first mixed lodge out of it, the Grande Loge Symbolique Écossaise "Le Droit Humain" . As the mother's lodge, it formed the basis for the Le Droit Humain obedience , whose worldwide development Martin devoted himself to the end. In 1901 he was co-founder of the Supreme Council of the International Masonic Order for Men and Women (Ordre Maçonique Mixte International "Le Droit Humain") , to which all lodges of this obedience are subject.

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SURNAME Martin, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French doctor and politician (Senator and General Council)
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1916
Place of death Paris