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Félicien Robert Challaye (1 November 1875 – 26 April 1967) was a French philosopher, anti-colonialist and human rights activist.


Early life

Félicien Challaye was born on 1 November 1875 in
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, France. He earned the agrégation in Philosophy in 1897.


Career

Challaye was a high school teacher of philosophy in Paris from 1903 to 1937. He served as Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza's secretary on his 1905 trip to the Congo. Three years later, in 1908, he founded a human rights organization for the indigenous people of the Congo. He subsequently served as the vice president of the Human Rights League. Challaye served in
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, and he was wounded in combat in 1915. After the war, he became a staunch pacifist. By 1931, he suggested he preferred peace to war, even if France had to be invaded by Germany. Challaye was the author of many books on philosophy. He also published children's books under the pseudonym of Robert Fougère.


Death and legacy

Challaye died on 26 April 1967 in Paris, France. The ''rue Félicien Challaye'' in
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, Tunisia was named in his honor.Google Maps


See also

* List of peace activists


Works

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References

1875 births 1967 deaths Writers from Lyon Writers from Paris Lycée Louis-le-Grand teachers 19th-century French philosophers 20th-century French philosophers Human Rights League (France) members French military personnel of World War I French pacifists {{France-philosopher-stub