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Also known as Auguste Marie Joseph Jean Léon Jaurès, Jean Léon Jaurès, Jean Jaures, Auguste Marie Joseph Jean Leon Jaures, Jean Leon Jaures, Jan Jores

French / Occitan Socialist leader (1859-1914)

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Jean Jaurès (1859–1914) was a French politician, professor, journalist, and writer. Born in Castres, he was educated at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Collège Sainte-Barbe, and the École Normale Supérieure. He served as a member of the French National Assembly and held the position of president. A member of the French Section of the Workers' International, Jaurès worked in Paris and was employed by L'Humanité, La Dépêche du Midi, and the University of Toulouse. He spoke Latin, Esperanto, and French.

His written works include multiple volumes of *Histoire Socialiste de la France Contemporaine*. Jaurès died in Paris on July 31, 1914, as a result of homicide committed by Raoul Villain. He is buried in the Panthéon in Chaudun.

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Person · Open Library

Works
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Top works

  • Histoire Socialiste de la France Contemporaine - Tome III
  • Histoire Socialiste, Tome 2
  • Histoire Socialiste, Tome 7
  • Histoire Socialiste, Tome 6
  • Histoire Socialiste, Tome 5

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Castres
Place of death
Paris
Occupation
reporter
Position held
president
Languages spoken
French
Field of work
philosophy
Image
Monument Jaures.jpg
Work location
Paris
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killed by
Raoul Villain
place of burial
Chaudun
Commons category
Jean Jaurès
date of birth
1859-09-03
date of death
1914-07-31
manner of death
homicide
Commons Creator page
Jean Jaurès
birth name
Auguste Marie Joseph Jean Léon Jaurès
Commons gallery
Jean Jaurès
writing language
French
name in native language
Jean Jaurès
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Works in European collections

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Encyclopedic overview

Auguste Marie Joseph Jean Léon Jaurès (3 September 1859 – 31 July 1914), commonly referred to as Jean Jaurès ( French: [ʒɑ̃ ʒɔʁɛs] ; Occitan: Joan Jaurés [dʒuˈan dʒawˈɾes]), was a French socialist leader. Initially a Moderate Republican, he later became a social democrat and one of the first possibilists (the reformist wing of the socialist movement) and in 1902 the leader of the French Socialist Party, which opposed Jules Guesde's revolutionary Socialist Party of France. The two parties merged in 1905 into the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO). An antimilitarist, he was assassinated in 1914 at the outbreak of World War I but remains one of the main historical figures of the French Left. As a heterodox Marxist, Jaurès rejected the concept of the dictatorship of the proletariat and tried to conciliate idealism and materialism, individualism and collectivism, democracy and class struggle, and patriotism and internationalism.

Early career

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