Georges Yvetot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French typographer (1868-1942)
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Place of Birth: 3rd arrondissement of Paris, ĂŽle-de-France, France
About Georges Yvetot
- Georges Louis François Yvetot (20 July 1868 – 11 May 1942) was a French typographer, anarcho-syndicalist and anti-militarist.
- He was secretary general of the Fédération des Bourses de travail (Federation of Workers' Councils) and deputy secretary general of the Confédération générale du travail (CGT – General Confederation of Labour) in the period leading up to World War I (1914–18).
- He kept a low profile during the war, and in 1918 was dismissed from the CGT leadership.
- After the war he contributed to many anarchist journals.
- He died in poverty during World War II (1939–45).
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