Gabriel Compayré was a French scholar of

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and politician.

Early life

Gabriel Compayré was born on 2 January 1843 in

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, France. Compayré was educated at the

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. He graduated from the

École normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines The (ENS LSH) was an elite French ''grande école'' specialising in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Founded in 1987 in Paris as the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud, it changed its name to ENS LSH in 2000 when it mov ...

and passed the

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in philosophy in 1866. He received a doctorate in philosophy in 1873, with a thesis about

David Hume David Hume (; born David Home; – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist who was best known for his highly influential system of empiricism, philosophical scepticism and metaphysical naturalism. Beg ...

Career

Compayré taught high school philosophy in Pau,

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and

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. He taught philosophy at the

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. He was the author of many books on

. He also wrote books about

Peter Abelard Peter Abelard (12 February 1079 – 21 April 1142) was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, teacher, musician, composer, and poet. This source has a detailed description of his philosophical work. In philos ...

and

Herbert Spencer Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English polymath active as a philosopher, psychologist, biologist, sociologist, and anthropologist. Spencer originated the expression "survival of the fittest", which he coined in '' ...

. Some of his books were translated into English by William H. Payne. Compayré served in the

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from 1881 to 1889, serving as deputy to Lavaur. He lost his reelection bid to Charles Poulié in 1889. Compayré was a Commander of the

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Publications

Source: *''Histoire critique des doctrines de l’éducation en France'' (1879) * (extended version of ''Histroire critique'', published after 1879) - translated by *''Éléments d’éducation civique'' (1881), a work placed on the index at Rome, but very widely read in the primary schools of France *''Cours de pédagogie théorique et pratique'' (1885, 13th ed., 1897) *''The Intellectual and Moral Development of the Child'', in English (2 vols., New York, 1896–1902) *A series of monographs on ''Les Grands Éducateurs''.

Death

Compayré died on March 23, 1913, in Paris, France.

References

1843 births 1913 deaths People from Albi Republican Union (France) politicians Members of the 3rd Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 4th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of Parliament for Tarn École Normale Supérieure alumni Academic staff of the University of Toulouse Members of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques Commanders of the Legion of Honour {{France-academic-bio-stub