Jules François Camille Ferry (1832 -1893) was a French statesman (44th and 49th Prime Minister of France) and republican. This monument celebrates his work establishing the non-clerical organization of public education including the establishment of French as the official language of the Republic. (The Jules Ferry laws on public, laic and mandatory education, enacted in 1881-1882.) (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Jules François Camille Ferry (1832 -1893) was a French statesman (44th and 49th Prime Minister of France) and republican. This monument celebrates his work establishing the non-clerical organization of public education including the establishment of French as the official language of the Republic. (The Jules Ferry laws on public, laic and mandatory education, enacted in 1881-1882.) (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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