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A Short Biography of Georges Clemenceau

Author Name:

Georges Clemenceau

Born As:

Georges Benjamin Clemenceau

Other Names:

Georges Benjamin Clemenceau

Born:

28 Sep 1841

Died:

24 Nov 1929




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statesman, physician and journalist                          
                          
                          
Prime minister of France from 1906-1909 and 1917-1920. He led France during World War I and was one of the major voices behind the Treaty of Versailles.                          
With  a group of students he began publishing a paper Le Travail - Work. This was considered radical by Napoleon III and when affixing posters convening a demonstration he was seized by French police. He spent 73 days in prison. When he was released he began another paper called Le Matin - Morning, but this caused him trouble with the police.
Clemenceau's name is spelled with an e and not with the é that is normally required in French for the correct pronunciation.