Max-Théodore Cerfberr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French politician and military commander
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Place of Birth: Nancy, Grand Est, France
About Max-Théodore Cerfberr
- Max-Théodore Cerfberr (9 December 1792, Nancy, Meurthe—15 January 1876) was a French military officer and parliamentary deputy.
- He was also president of the Consistoire Central Israelite de France. He entered the army at an early age, and was made an officer by Napoleon I without having passed through the military school.
- In 1827 he was made captain on the general staff, and in 1834 commander of a squadron, and was attached to the War Department as staff secretary.
- When General Schneider became minister of war in 1839, he placed Cerfberr at the head of his bureau. Cerfberr, promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, took his seat in the Chamber of Deputies 9 July 1842, as representative from Wissembourg, having received 86 out of a total of 161 votes against 71 cast for Renouard de Bussières, the incumbent deputy.
- He supported the government, devoting himself chiefly to military questions; thus he succeeded in having the fund for the relief of old soldiers increased by 150,000 francs.
- Cerfberr, now a colonel, was reelected to the Chamber of Deputies 1 August 1846, having received 119 out of a total of 218 votes against 95 cast for Renouard de Bussières.
- He cast his vote for the ministry of Guizot.
- He retired from office after the revolution of February, 1848. In addition to his political duties, Cerfberr had also acted as manager of the Théâtre du Gymnase at Paris.
- He was a commander of the Légion d'honneur. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Isidore Singer (1901–1906).
- "Cerfbeer, Max-Théodore".
- In Singer, Isidore; et al.
- (eds.).
- The Jewish Encyclopedia.
- New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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