Armand Marquiset, French philanthropist, humanitarian and nobleman, was born on September 29, 1900, in the château of Montguichet near Paris and died on July 14, 1981, in Burtonport, Ireland. He founded several non-profit organizations, for example Les petits frères des Pauvres (1946), a large French charity that takes care of elderly people, and ''Frères des Hommes'' (1965).

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20120911061727/http://www.petitsfreres.asso.fr/qui-sommes-nous-/l-histoire.html Brief history of les petits frères des Pauvres (in French) * https://web.archive.org/web/20131012060438/http://www.petitsfreres.asso.fr/index.php?rub=7746&lang=FR&view=afficher_article_complet&textes=12238l Biography of Armand Marquiset (in French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Marquiset, Armand French philanthropists 1900 births 1981 deaths 20th-century French philanthropists