Pierre Cérésole, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pierre Cérésole

Swiss pacifist, engineer and quaker

Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1879

Place of Birth: Lausanne, canton of Bern, Switzerland

Date of Death: 23-Oct-1945

Profession: engineer, mathematician, civil engineer, pacifist, peace activist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Pierre Cérésole (17 August 1879 – 23 October 1945) was a Swiss engineer, known primarily as the founder of the Service Civil International (SCI) or the International Voluntary Service for Peace (IVSP), in 1920, an organisation that helped in reconstruction after the First World War with the goal of achieving an atmosphere of brotherhood.
As a pacifist, he had refused to pay taxes that were used for the acquisition of arms and refused to accept money from his inheritance.
He spent many hours in prison. Cérésole had been inspired by American thinker William James.
Cérésole in turn inspired Kees Boeke.