Agénor de Gasparin

Count Agénor Étienne de Gasparin (* July 10, 1810 in Orange, † May 14, 1871 in Geneva) was a reformed journalist and fighter for freedom of religion in France.

Life

As the son of former Minister Adrien de Gasparin (1782-1862), he studied law at the Sorbonne. At age 27 he married in 1837 the Genevan Valérie Boissier. Initially, he worked as Head of Cabinet in the Ministry of his father, then as rapporteur of the Petitions Committee in the State Council. In 1842 he was elected deputy for Corsica in the National Assembly, where he campaigned especially for the human rights of blacks. Politically conservative, at the same time fighting the corruption in occupation of public authorities, and sat down as a zealous Protestant as emphatically for the free exercise of the Protestant worship one.

In 1846 he was not re-elected and became involved after barely political. In 1852 he went to Tuscany, to securing freedom for the couple Madiai, which had been condemned for his conversion to Protestantism to the galley. This, however, he succeeded only through the mediation of the King of Sardinia. He spent most of his remaining life in Geneva.

Works

• Esclavage et traité. In 1838.
• Intérêts généraux you protestantisme français. In 1843.
• Christianisme et paganism. Two volumes, 1846-50.
• Les écoles du doute et l' école de la foi. 1853.
• Les tables tournantes. 1854 ( statement of the tables back).
• Les États -Unis en 1861. 2nd edition, 1862.
• La famille, ses devoirs, ses joies et ses douleurs. 3rd edition, 1865.
• La liberté morale. 1868.
• La France, nos fautes, nos Perils, notre avenir. Paris 1872.

• Innocent III. Le siège apostolique. Constantin. In 1873.
• Luther et la réforme XVL au siècle. In 1873.
• Pensées de liberté inedites. In 1874.