Henri Brisson

Henri Brisson (born July 31, 1835, Bourges, Fr.—died April 11, 1912, Paris) was a French statesman who twice served as premier of France (1885, 1898) and was noted for his staunch republicanism and strongly anticlerical views. After receiving his law degree in Paris, Brisson joined the ranks of the opposition to the emperor Napoleon III (reigned 1852–70). He contributed regularly to a number of republican journals, most notably L’Avenir (1854–55) and Le Temps (1864), of...