Jules Auguste Lemire

Jules Auguste Lemire (April 23, 1853 - March 7, 1928), French priest and social reformer, was born at Vieux-Berquin (Nord).

He was educated at the [http://hazebrouck.histo-nord.com/hazebrouck_history.htm/ college of St Francis of Assisi] , Hazebrouck, where he subsequently taught philosophy and rhetoric. In 1897 he was elected deputy for Hazebrouck and was returned unopposed at the elections of 1898, 1902 and 1906.

He organized a society called "La Ligue française du coin de terre et du foyer", the object of which was to secure, at the expense of the state, a piece of land for every French family desirous of possessing one. The abbé Lemire sat in the chamber of deputies as a conservative republican and Christian Socialist.

He protested in 1893 against the action of the Dupuy cabinet in closing the Bourses du Travail, characterizing it as the expression of a policy of disdain of the workers. In December 1893 he was seriously injured by the bomb thrown by the anarchist Vaillant from the gallery of the chamber.----External links:

[http://hazebrouck.histo-nord.com/hazebrouck_history.htm The history of the college of St Francis of Assisi] (in English)

[http://hazebrouck.histo-nord.com/jules_lemire.htm Jules Lemire's life in St Francis of Assisi (1866-1893)] (in French)----