François-Marie Pitti-Ferrandi (22 February 1838 – 9 March 1894) was a French doctor and politician who was briefly Senator for
Corsica
Corsica ( , , ; ; ) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the Regions of France, 18 regions of France. It is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the Metro ...
.
Early years
François Pitti-Ferrandi was born on 22 February 1838 in
Pietra-di-Verde, Corsica.
He attended the ''
lycée
In France, secondary education is in two stages:
* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for students between ...
'' of
Bastia
Bastia ( , , , ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest popu ...
for his secondary education.
He studied medicine at the Faculty of Paris, then returned to Bastia to practice his profession at the ''lycée''.
Politics
Pitti-Ferrandi's family had been involved in politics, and he became a municipal councillor in Bastia.
He then represented the canton of
Corte, where he had been born, in the general council of Corsica, where he replaced one of his brothers.
In 1885 another of his brothers took his seat in the general council, while he became general councilor for his wife's canton of
Muro.
In 1889 he ran unsuccessfully for election to the senate to replace
Patrice de Corsi, who had died.
In 1892 he again ran unsuccessfully to replace
François Morelli
François Morelli (28 February 1833 – 29 May 1892) was a French shipowner and politician.
For a while he ran a shipping service in the western Mediterranean based in Marseille, but it suffered from severe competition and several business mishaps ...
, who had died.
Pitti-Ferrandi was elected senator for Corsica on 7 January 1894.
He won 415 out of 747 votes, and sat with the republican left.
He died unexpectedly on 9 March 1894 at a party at the home of his friend Sébastien Gavini
( fr), a deputy for Corsica.
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1838 births
1894 deaths
19th-century French physicians
French general councillors
Senators of Corsica