Agricol Perdiguier
Agricol Perdiguier , born the December 3rd 1805 with Morières-the-Avignon, 7 km of Avignon (Vaucluse), dead the March 26th 1875, Companion of the turn of France, writer. Inhabitant of Avignon the Virtue (its name of companion).
At the conclusion of a very summary school course, it begins the training of its trade of carpenter in his father then at another owner with Avignon in the Vaucluse. It is which he discovers the Compagnonnage, and which he learns with their contact the technical design (the art of the feature).
He will become companion of the turn of France, in the company of the Duty of freedom, under the name of Inhabitant of Avignon the Virtue.
Its passion for the trade-guild will less involve it on step than three turns of France.
These voyages will make him discover a sad truth, the fratricidal combat of the various companies of trade-guild, which was the reflection of the conflicts of company of this time.
Health issues will prevent it later from attending the workshops, it then made profitable this rest forced to write songs for his/her friends companions, songs less quarrelsome than those of then.
Well quickly, its talents of writing will push it to write a book on the trade-guild. In 1838, its first appeared works the " Deliver on the compagnonnage" , the first writing on the companions and by a companion, it drew the attention of intellectuals like Eugene Sue and Georges Sand. It will maintain a correspondence followed with Victor Hugo, Lamartine and other writers and politicians.
It will publish then other works, and will be the burning workman of the reconciliation between the various companies of trade-guild.
Impassioned by the book and the writing, it will open with Paris in the Faubourg Saint-Anthony a bookstore where it will give courses of technical design, this store will be attended by Gambetta and Jules Ferry and other social actors of the time.
Republican of conviction, it gives an opinion for a tolerant secularity. Fraternity, the mutual mutual aid and the access to the instruction will be the engines of its action which moved on a more political ground.
He will become mayor-assistant of the XII° district of Paris.
He rests in Paris, with the Cimetière of the Father-Lachaise, where its tomb is the subject of frequent commemorations of companions of all rites.
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