Frédéric Passy

@Economists, Career and Facts ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Frederic Passy was an economist and a peace activist who received the first Nobel Peace Prize along with Henri Durant French Peace Activists Intellectuals & Academics Economists Taurus Celebrities Frederic Passy was an economist and a peace activist who received the first Nobel Peace Prize along with Henri Durant, the founder of the Red Cross. Passy mooted the idea that nations would stop fighting if they engaged in free trade. He came from a family of civil servants who had been members of various governments in France. He was inspired by the work of his elders and also joined politics in order to promote his own ideas about peace and harmony through free trade. He was a devout follower of the greatest economists of those times such as Richard Cobden and believed that when nations became partners in some joint enterprise, there would be less chance of a fight cropping up between them. Being partners, the countries would settle their disputes amicably over the negotiating table without taking up arms against each other. He toured the whole of France, lecturing in various cities and universities and wrote and spoke profusely on the subject.

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Birthday: May 20, 1822 Died on: June 12, 1912 Nationality: French Famous: Economists, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Peace Activists, Intellectuals & Academics, Economists Founder / Co-Founder: Inter-Parliamentary Union Ligue internationale de la paix Birth Place: Paris Gender: Male Information Detail Birthday May 20, 1822 Died on June 12, 1912 Nationality French Famous Economists, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Peace Activists, Intellectuals & Academics, Economists Founder / Co-Founder Inter-Parliamentary Union Ligue internationale de la paix Birth Place Paris Gender Male Sun Sign Taurus Born in Paris Famous as Economist & Nobel Peace Prize Winner Died at Age 90

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Frederic Passy died at the age of 90 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France on June 12, 1912. Unsplash Personal Life

He is regarded as the ‘Dean’ of the movement for international peace and arbitration in all kinds of conflicts and disputes. Unsplash Personal Life

Frederic Passy was born in Paris, France, on May 20, 1822 to Felix Passy who was a veteran of the Battle of Waterloo. His mother was Marie-Louis-Pauline Salleron. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

His uncle Hippolyte Passy was a politician who rose to be a cabinet minister in the governments under Louis Phillippe and also under Louis Napoleon. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In his initial days he studied to become a lawyer and practiced law for a few years before joining politics. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Frederic Passy joined the State Council as an accountant and worked for the department from 1846 until 1849. Unsplash Career

He withdrew from politics after Louis Napoleon’s coup d'état and became a professional economist in 1857, and began to teach political economy in Paris and the provinces in 1860. Unsplash Career

His work on bringing international peace started with the Crimean war which took place between 1853 to1856. • Unsplash Career

His essays and lectures which came out in 1857 made him famous throughout the country. Unsplash Career

He pleaded for peace to avert the war between France and Prussia over Luxembourg through the periodical ‘Le Temps’ in 1867. Unsplash Career

The essays titled ‘Melanges economics’ was the first of his many essays to bring Frederic Passy into the limelight of political economics. Unsplash Major Works

He published an essay titled ‘Pour la paix’ in 1909 which is a chronicle of all the peace and arbitration organizations that he had been associated with during his lifetime. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	May 20, 1822
Died on	June 12, 1912
Nationality	French
Famous	Economists, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Peace Activists, Intellectuals & Academics, Economists
Founder / Co-Founder	Inter-Parliamentary Union Ligue internationale de la paix
Birth Place	Paris
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Taurus
Born in	Paris
Famous as	Economist & Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Died at Age	90

Frédéric Passy

French

May 20, 1822

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