- Auguste Burdeau
Auguste-Laurent Burdeau (
September 10 ,1851 -12 December 1894 ) was a Frenchpolitician .He was the son of a laborer at
Lyon . Forced from childhood to earn his own living, he was enabled to secure an education by bursarships at theLycée at Lyon and at theLycée Louis-le-Grand inParis .In 1870 he was at the
École Normale Supérieure inParis , but enlisted in the army, and was wounded and made prisoner in 1871 (during theFranco-Prussian War ). In 1874 he became professor ofphilosophy , and translated several works ofHerbert Spencer and of Schopenhauer into French.His extraordinary aptitude for work secured for him the position of chef de cabinet under
Paul Bert , the minister of education, in 1880s. In 1885 he was elected deputy for the "département" of the Rhône, and distinguished himself in financial questions. He was several times minister, and became minister of finance in the cabinet of Casimir-Perier (from3 November 1893 to22 May 1894 ). On the5 July 1894 he was elected president of the chamber of deputies. He died on the12 December 1894 , said to be worn out with overwork.References
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