Fernand Pelloutier
Fernand Pelloutier | |
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Pelloutier (c. 1890s) | |
| General secretary of the Federation of Labour Exchanges | |
| In office 1895–1901 | |
| Preceded by | Rieul Cordier |
| Succeeded by | Georges Yvetot |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1867 17th arrondissement of Paris, France |
| Died | 13 March 1901 (aged 33) Sèvres, Seine-et-Oise, France |
| Cause of death | Lupus vulgaris |
| Political party | French Workers' Party (1892) |
| Other political affiliations | Federation of Labour Exchanges (1892–1901) |
| Children | Maurice Pelloutier |
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| Occupation | Journalist, trade unionist |
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Fernand Léonce Émile Pelloutier (1867–1901) was a French journalist, trade union organiser and anarcho-syndicalist theoretician. A revolutionary from an early age, after beginning a career in journalism, Pelloutier became involved in socialist politics. He briefly joined the French Workers' Party, but following a disagreement with its leader over his proposal for a general strike, he left the party and joined the anarchist movement. He became the leader of the Bourses du Travail, in which he advocated for anarcho-syndicalism. Having suffered from tuberculosis luposa for most of his career, he eventually succombed to the disease, and died in 1901 at the age of 33.