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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Célestin Freinet

1896 - 1966

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Célestin Freinet ([seləsˈtɛ̃ fʀeˈnɛ], 15 October 1896 in Gars, Alpes-Maritimes – 8 October 1966 in Vence) was a noted French pedagogue and educational reformer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Célestin Freinet has received more than 111,007 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Célestin Freinet is the 639th most popular religious figure (down from 609th in 2019), the 734th most popular biography from France (down from 733rd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular French Religious Figure.

Célestin Freinet is most famous for his work in the field of education. He was an educator who believed that children should be able to learn through their own interests and not be forced to learn through a curriculum.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Célestin Freinet ranks 639 out of 2,238Before him are Nicodemus, Yasuke, Scholastica, Baal Shem Tov, Óscar Romero, and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. After him are Dōgen, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Hind bint Utbah, Pancras of Rome, Hans Küng, and Pope Leo V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Célestin Freinet ranks 27Before him are Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Dziga Vertov, Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Donald Winnicott, Ernst Udet, and Howard Hawks. After him are Buenaventura Durruti, Italo Balbo, Erich Koch, Helen of Greece and Denmark, Anna Anderson, and Carl Ferdinand Cori. Among people deceased in 1966, Célestin Freinet ranks 22Before him are Dietrich von Choltitz, Felix Steiner, Cemal Gürsel, George de Hevesy, Frits Zernike, and Lal Bahadur Shastri. After him are Vincent Auriol, Albert Göring, Paul Reynaud, Guillermo Stábile, Carlo Carrà, and Abdul Salam Arif.

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In France

Among people born in France, Célestin Freinet ranks 734 out of 6,011Before him are Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), Eugène Edine Pottier (1816), Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788), Rudolph of France (890), Jean-Henri Fabre (1823), and Maurice Blanchot (1907). After him are Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824), François Jacob (1920), Thierry Mugler (1948), Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703), and Victor of Aveyron (1793).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Célestin Freinet ranks 43Before him are Clotilde (475), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Louis de Montfort (1673), Catherine Labouré (1806), Jean Meslier (1664), and Pope Stephen IX (1020). After him are Victor of Aveyron (1793), Robert of Molesme (1024), Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651), Saint Remigius (437), Saint Eligius (588), and Leonard of Noblac (496).