Louis Blanc, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Blanc

French politician and historian

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1811

Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

Date of Death: 06-Dec-1882

Profession: writer, politician, historian, journalist

Nationality: Spain, France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc (; French: [bl?~]; 29 October 1811 – 6 December 1882) was a French politician and historian.
A socialist who favored reforms, he called for the creation of cooperatives in order to guarantee employment for the urban poor. Following the Revolution of 1848, Blanc became a member of the provisional government and began advocating for cooperatives which would be initially aided by the government but ultimately controlled by the workers themselves.
Blanc's advocacy failed and caught between radical worker tendencies and the National Guard he was forced into exile.
Blanc returned to France in 1870, shortly before the conclusion of the Franco-Prussian war and served as a member of the National Assembly.
While he did not support the Paris Commune, Blanc successfully proposed amnesty to the Communards. Although Blanc's ideas of the workers' cooperatives were never realized, his political and social ideas greatly contributed to the development of socialism in France.



Alternative names	Etienne Carjat; Etiénne Carjat
Description	French journalist, caricaturist and photographer
Date of birth/death	28 March 1828	16 May 1906
Location of birth/death	Fareins	10th arrondissement of Paris
Authority control	: Q2442116 VIAF: 14906582 ISNI: 0000 0000 6651 1955 ULAN: 500026574 LCCN: n82104867 NLA: 36515756 WorldCat