Scheurer-Kestner, Auguste, 1833-1899

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Name (Latin)
Scheurer-Kestner, Auguste, 1833-1899
Other forms of name
Kestner, Auguste Scheurer-, 1833-1899
Scheurer, Auguste, 1833-1899
Scheurer-Kestner, Auguste
Kestner, Auguste Scheurer-
Date of birth
1833-02-13
Date of death
1899-09-19
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 49250360
Wikidata: Q166297
Library of congress: nr 90001909
Sources of Information
  • His Mémoires d'un sénateur dreyfusard ... 1988:t.p. (Auguste Scheurer-Kestner) p. 9 (b. 1833) cover p. 4 (French senator; participated in the Dreyfus affair; d. 9-19-1899)
  • Scheurer-Kestner : 1833-1899, 1900:p. 1, etc. (Auguste Scheurer, b. Mulhouse 02-11-1833; married Céline Kestner 1856, adding her surname to his own)
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Wikipedia description:

Auguste Scheurer-Kestner (11 February 1833 in Mulhouse (Haut Rhin) – 19 September 1899 in Bagnères-de-Luchon (Haute Garonne)) was a chemist, industrialist, a Protestant and an Alsatian politician. He was the uncle by marriage of the wife of Jules Ferry. He was a Republican and opposed the French Second Empire of Napoleon III. He was elected member for Haut Rhin on 2 July 1871 and became senator for life on 15 September 1875. Twenty years later, he was the last representative of the Alsace French Parliament. A close friend of Georges Clemenceau and Léon Gambetta, he provided the greater part of the funds for the publication of The French Republic newspaper that ran from 1879 to 1884. In 1894, Auguste Scheurer-Kestner as Senior Vice-President of the Senate was considered a moral authority in politics. He played a major role in opening the Dreyfus case in the summer of 1897.

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