Stephen Jean-Marie Pichon (10 August 1857 – 18 September 1933,
Vers-en-Montagne) was a French journalist, diplomat and politician of the
Third Republic. The
Avenue Stéphen-Pichon in Paris is named after him.
Life
Stephen Jean-Marie Pichon was born on 10 August 1857 in
Arnay-le-Duc
Arnay-le-Duc () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Arnétois'' or ''Arnétoises''
Geography
Arnay-le-Duc is located some 25 km ...
, Côte-d'Or.
He served as French Minister to China (1897–1900), including the period of the
Boxer Uprising.
Stephen Pichon was appointed Resident-General of the Tunisian Protectorate in 1901, replacing
Georges Benoit.
In 1906 he was succeeded by
Gabriel Alapetite
Gabriel Ferdinand Alapetite (5 January 1854 – 22 March 1932) was a French senior civil servant and diplomat.
From 1879 to 1906 he was sub-prefect or prefect of various departments of France.
For eleven years from 1906 to 1918 he was Resident-Ge ...
.
An associate of
Georges Clemenceau
Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (, also , ; 28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. A key figure of the Independent Radicals, he was a ...
, he served several times under Clemenceau and others as
Minister of Foreign Affairs
A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...
. Stephen Pichon in Paris managed the French agreement with transformation of Czechoslovak National Council to the Provisional Czechoslovak government on 26 September 1918 (when
Edvard Beneš
Edvard Beneš (; 28 May 1884 – 3 September 1948) was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1945 to 1948. He also led the Czechoslovak government-in-exile 1939 to 1945 ...
received confirmation of
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš () is a Czech and Slovak given name, equivalent to the name Thomas.
It may refer to:
* Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937), first President of Czechoslovakia
* Tomáš Baťa (1876–1932), Czech footwear entrepreneur
* Tomáš Berdych ( ...
from Washington).
His most notable service was under Clemenceau during the latter part of the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
and the
Paris Peace Conference of 1919, but, like most of the other foreign ministers at the conference, Pichon was largely sidelined by the more forceful figure of his head of government.
Stephen Pichon died on 18 September 1933 in
Vers-en-Montagne, Jura.
Honours
*Knight of the
Legion of Honour
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31 October 1895
*Officer of the
Legion of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...
8 April 1898
*Commander of the
Legion of Honour
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14 August 1900.
[Le dossier de Stephen Pichon est su]
la base LEONORE du ministère de la Culture
*The Avenue Stéphen-Pichon in the
13th arrondissement of Paris
The 13th arrondissement of Paris (''XIIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''treizième''.
The arrondissement, called Gobelins, is situated ...
, near the Place d'Italie, was named in his honour in 1934.
* A school in
Bizerta
Bizerte or Bizerta ( ar, بنزرت, translit=Binzart , it, Biserta, french: link=no, Bizérte) the classical Hippo, is a city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located 65 km (40mil) north of the cap ...
in Tunisia has his name
Publications
* Articles et chroniques parlementaires dans ''
La Justice''
* Écrits de publiciste dans ''
Le Petit Journal''
* ''La diplomatie de l’Église sous la IIIe République'', édition O. Doin, 1892, 78 pages
* ''Rétablissement des relations diplomatiques entre la France et la République dominicaine,'' 1894
* ''Traité d'arbitrage pour la délimitation de la Guyane française,'' 1897
* ''Les derniers jours de Pékin'' par
Pierre Loti
Pierre Loti (; pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud ; 14 January 1850 – 10 June 1923) was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories.This article is derived largely from the ''Encyclopædia Britannica El ...
, précédé de ''La Ville en flammes'' par Stephen Pichon, et ''la Défense de la légation de France'' par
Eugène Darcy, 1902
* ''Dans la Bataille'', essai biographique, édition A. Méricant, 1908, 314 pages
* ''La Guerre et les neutres'' par René Moulin, préface de Stephen Pichon, 1915
* Manuscrits et correspondances
manuscritsde la bibliothèque de l'
Institut de France
The (; ) is a French learned society, grouping five , including the Académie Française. It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention. Located on the Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the institute m ...
, et de la
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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données Gallica.
*Introduction to
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1857 births
1933 deaths
People from Côte-d'Or
Politicians from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Radical Party (France) politicians
French Foreign Ministers
Members of the 4th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Members of the 5th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
French Senators of the Third Republic
Senators of Jura (department)
Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
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