James Guillaume

Swiss anarchist (1844–1916) James GuillaumeJames Guillaume (date unknown)Born(1844-02-16)16 February 1844London, EnglandDied20 November 1916(1916-11-20) (aged 72)Marin-Epagnier, Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandResting placeMontparnasse CemeteryOccupationsWriter, historianOrganizationInternational Workingmen's AssociationMovementAnarchism James Guillaume (16 February 1844 – 20 November 1916) was a Swiss anarchist and writer who was a leading member of the Jura federation, one of the anarchist wings of the First International. Later, Guillaume would take an active role in the founding of the Anarchist St. Imier International. Life Guillaume was born in London on 16 February 1844, the son of George Guillaume and his wife Marie Suzanne Glady. George Guillaume ran the London branch of a Neuchâtel watchmaking factory. His brother, also named George, would later become a communard. The family returned to Switzerland in 1848. From 1862 to 1864, he studied at the University of Zurich, but did not complete his degree; he acquired a teaching diploma from Neuchâtel in 1865. He taught in Le Locle from 1864, as a professor of French and history. There, he and Constant Meuron founded the local secti