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Jules Ferry

1832 - 1893

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Jules François Camille Ferry (French: [ʒyl fɛʁi]; 5 April 1832 – 17 March 1893) was a French statesman and republican philosopher. He was one of the leaders of the Moderate Republicans and served as Prime Minister of France from 1880 to 1881 and 1883 to 1885. He was a promoter of laicism and colonial expansion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jules Ferry has received more than 393,348 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Jules Ferry is the 2,671st most popular politician (down from 2,547th in 2019), the 894th most popular biography from France (down from 847th in 2019) and the 206th most popular French Politician.

Jules Ferry is most famous for being the Prime Minister of France and for passing the Ferry Laws. These laws said that all French children were required to go to school, and that they had to speak French in school.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jules Ferry ranks 2,671 out of 19,576. Before him are Hayk, Altan Khan, Abul Kalam Azad, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, Marie José of Belgium, and Alec Douglas-Home. After him are Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria, Iziaslav I of Kiev, Reccared I, Michael Bloomberg, Apries, and Chaghri Beg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Jules Ferry ranks 15. Before him are Edward Burnett Tylor, Ivan Shishkin, José Echegaray, William Crookes, Louisa May Alcott, and Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. After him are Ármin Vámbéry, George, King of Saxony, Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Andrew Dickson White, Osman Nuri Pasha, and Michel Bréal. Among people deceased in 1893, Jules Ferry ranks 12. Before him are Hippolyte Taine, Alexander of Battenberg, Rutherford B. Hayes, Jan Matejko, Edwin Booth, and Josef Stefan. After him are Ernst Kummer, Baron Alexander von Bach, John Tyndall, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jules Ferry ranks 894 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803), Lucile Randon (1904), Sidonius Apollinaris (430), Jean-Georges Noverre (1727), Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656), and Pierre Boulle (1912). After him are Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Claudine Auger (1941), Richard I of Normandy (933), Jean Giraud (1938), Paul Delaroche (1797), and Louis-Jules Trochu (1815).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Jules Ferry ranks 206. Before him are Dagobert II (650), Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703), Guntram (532), Clotilde of France (1759), Henriette of France (1727), and Renée of France (1510). After him are Richard I of Normandy (933), Louis-Jules Trochu (1815), John I of Aragon (1350), Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy (1143), Sigismund of Burgundy (500), and Chilperic I (539).

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