Fabien Magnin (1810, Isère – 1884) was President of the Positivist Society. Magnin was a carpenter. He became a positivist in 1840, becoming the first proletarian convert. Auguste Comte, the founder of positivism, appointed him to be President of the Positivist Society after his death. Magnin filled this role from 1857 to 1880, when he resigned. Magnin also spread workers positivism (le positivisme ouvrier). In 1863 he founded the Cercle des prolétaires positivistes which affiliated to the

First International The International Workingmen's Association (IWA), often called the First International (1864–1876), was an international organisation which aimed at uniting a variety of different left-wing socialist, communist and anarchist groups and trad ...

Works

* (1861)
Lettre sur la grève des ouvriers du bâtiment à Londres
' (Letter on the London builders' strike of 1859) Paris: Chez Dunod

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Magnin, Fabien 1810 births 1884 deaths French carpenters Positivists