Jules Simon
Jules François Simon (born December 31, 1814 in Lorient , † June 8, 1896 in Paris ) was a French politician and philosopher .
Simon came from a family of cloth merchants. He studied at the École normal supérieure philosophy, from 1839 he worked as a lecturer and professor of philosophy at the Sorbonne . He was considered one of the most important Graecists of his time. After a failed candidacy in 1847, he became a republican member of the Chamber of Deputies for the department of Côtes-du-Nord in 1848 . At the beginning of his political career he devoted himself above all to the further development of the French school system. In 1849 he resigned his mandate to join the State Council . Since he was a clear opponent of Napoleon III. had positioned, he shortly after lost all political offices.
From 1863 Simon was a deputy of the opposition in the Corps Législatif ( Second Empire ). There he led the moderate wing of the Republicans. From 1870 to 1871 he was Minister of Education in the Provisional Government of the National Defense. Léon Gambetta's resignation as Minister of the Interior on February 6, 1871 was largely due to Simon's instigation.
With the establishment of the Third French Republic in 1871, Simon was elected to the National Assembly and was a member of the first government of the new republic as Minister of Public Education. In 1875 he was appointed senator for life. From 1876 to 1877, Simon was Jules Dufaure's successor himself, Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior.
Simon, who described himself as a Republican and Conservative, was dismissed by President Patrice de Mac-Mahon on May 16, 1877 , which sparked a constitutional crisis. Another reason was the allegation by the left-wing Republicans around Léon Gambetta and Jules Ferry that he was too indulgent towards clerical circles. He was against the boulangists . Simon ended his political career in the Senate , where he again devoted himself primarily to questions of school policy.
From 1879 to 1881 he was editor-in-chief of the newspaper Le Gaulois .
In 1884 Simon was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Works in German translation
- Jules Simon on anti-Semitism in: Hermann Bahr ; Hermann Greive (ed.): The anti-Semitism: An international interview . Jüdischer Verlag, Königstein 1979 (new edition 2005), pp. 61–64, ISBN 3-7610-8043-3 .
Web links
- Use caricatures by Jules Simon in HeidICON guest access
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1850–1899 ( PDF ). Retrieved September 24, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simon, Jules |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simon, Jules François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lorient |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1896 |
| Place of death | Paris |