Alfred Naquet
October 6th, 2012
On this date in 1834, physician and politician Alfred Naquet
was born in France. After obtaining a medical degree, he studied
chemistry and was professor of chemistry at Palermo from 1863 to 1866.
He was sentenced to 15 months in prison upon his return to Paris when he
propounded radical Garibaldian views. After Dr. Naquet's book, Religion, Propriete, Famille,
was published in 1869, he was returned to prison for 4 months, was
fined 500 francs and lost his civil rights for life. Naquet sought
refuge in Spain but after the Revolution of 1870, returned to France. He
served in the Chambre from 1871-1882, championing the cause of divorce
reform (divorce had been abolished in France in 1816). Naquet ultimately
saw passage of his bill for a rational divorce law as a senator, the
achievement for which he is largely remembered. D. 1915.
Compiled by Annie Laurie Gaylor - www.ffrf.org
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