Robert Guérin

Robert Guérin

Robert Guérin (28 April 1876 – 19 March 1952) (née Clément Auguste Maurice Robert) was a French journalist, and the 1st President and one of the founders of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). A journalist with Le Matin newspaper, Guérin was actively involved in football through his role as secretary of the Football Department of the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques. He brought together representatives of the first seven member countries in Paris for the signing of FIFA's foundation act and agreement of the first FIFA statutes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Guérin has received more than 168,035 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Robert Guérin is the 14th most popular journalist (up from 81st in 2019), the 974th most popular biography from France (down from 887th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Journalist.

Robert Guérin is most famous for his work in the field of the history of French literature. He was a professor at the Sorbonne and is best known for his work, "L'amour de l'art et la vie de l'artiste au Moyen Âge et à la Renaissance."