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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Peace (130) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1920s (54) 1927 (7) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1840s (20) 1841 (2) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) France (55) Paris (22) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1930s (37) 1932 (4) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) France (51) Paris (25) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) F (37) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) B (80) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Christianity (158) Protestant (78) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 80 - 89 (56) 87 (1) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Management Occupations (53) Top Executives (53) Legislators (53) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) France (60) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) France (92) Paris (73) University of Paris (50) Alumni (42) Long-term academic staff (21) 43. Affilliation with Secondary School 43. Affilliation with Secondary School Europe (60) Europe, western (50) France (23) Paris (21) Lycée Condorcet (3) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships E-P (571) H (88) Human Rights League (4) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards G-H (389) G (254) Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (9) complete name: Ferdinand Buisson nobel prize: peace award year: 1927 together with: Ludwig Quidde prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Peace Prize 1927 was awarded jointly to Ferdinand Buisson and Ludwig Quidde." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Ferdinand family name: Buisson occupation: politician occupation: professor occupation: pedagogue occupation: philosopher work location: Faculty of Arts of Paris, Paris, France description: Ferdinand Buisson was a French academic, educational bureaucrat, pacifist and Radical-Socialist (left liberal) politician. He presided over the League of Education from 1902 to 1906 and the Human Rights League (LDH) from 1914 to 1926.In 1927, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to him jointly with Ludwig Quidde.Philosopher and educator, he was Director of Primary Education. He was the author of a thesis on Sebastian Castellio, in whom he saw a "liberal Protestant" in his image.Ferdinand Buisson was the president of the National Association of Freethinkers . In 1905, he chaired the parliamentary committee to implement the separation of church and state.Famous for his fight for secular education through the League of Education, he coined the term laïcité ("secularism"). image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Peace Prize 1927. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1927/summary/> date birth: 1841 date death: 1932 usual name: Ferdinand Buisson
