Pierre de Coubertin

Also known as Baron Pierre de Coubertin

founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian (1863-1937)

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Pierre de Coubertin, born Charles Pierre Frédy de Coubertin in 1863 in Paris, was a French historian, pedagogue, teacher, and writer. He held the noble title of baron and served as president of the International Olympic Committee. A member of the International Olympic Committee and the World Rugby Hall of Fame, he participated in the art competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

He received the Order of the Star of Romania and induction into the World Rugby Hall of Fame. His published works include *Notes Sur le Foot-Ball*, *Universités Transatlantiques*, *L'Éducation en Angleterre*, *Souvenirs d'Amérique et de Grèce*, and *Où Va L'Europe ?*. He died in Geneva in 1937 and is buried at Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 39

Top works

Notes Sur le Foot-Ball
Universités Transatlantiques
L'Éducation en Angleterre
Souvenirs d'Amérique et de Grèce
Où Va L'Europe ?

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Other

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1
Total plays: 1

via Last.fm · Pierre de Coubertin

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,548x
Going deeper with convolutions
· 2015 · cited 32,881x
PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses
· 2007 · cited 31,418x
Classification of Surgical Complications
· 2004 · cited 28,245x
The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,233x

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

“In the name of all the competitors I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams.”
“Winning medals wasn’t the point of the Olympics. It’s the participating that counts.”
“The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part; the important thing in Life is not triumph, but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. To spread these principles is to build up a strong and more valiant and, above all, more scrupulous and more generous humanity.”
“A better world could be brought about only by better individuals.”
“I therefore think that I was right in trying from the outset of the Olympic revival to rekindle a religious awareness.”

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Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to Pierre de Coubertin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Universités transatlantiques

Die Olympischen Spiele im Jahre 1896. = The Olympic games in 1896. von Pierre de Coubertin, Timoleon J. Philimon, N. G. Politis, Charalambos Anninos. Deutsche Uebers. von Paul Engnath

L'évolution française sous la troisième république p. Pierre de Coubertin

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Encyclopedic overview

Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin ( French: [ʃaʁl pjɛʁ də fʁedi baʁɔ̃ də kubɛʁtɛ̃]; born Pierre de Frédy; 1 January 1863 – 2 September 1937), also known as Pierre de Coubertin and Baron de Coubertin, was a French educator and historian, co-founder of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and its second president. He is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games. He was particularly active in promoting the introduction of sport in French schools.

Born into a French aristocratic family, Coubertin became an academic and studied a broad range of topics, most notably education and history. He graduated with a degree in law and public affairs from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po). It was at the Paris Institute of Political Studies that he came up with the idea of reviving the Olympic Games.

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Pierre de Coubertin