François Albert-Buisson (; 3 May 1881, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme – 21 May 1961, Aix-en-Provence) was a French entrepreneur, industrial, consular magistrate, economist, politician, historian.

Background

François Albert-Buisson was born in 1881 to Pierre Buisson and Marie Boste. A prolific businessperson, his many roles ranged from pharmacist and founder of the pharmaceutical company Theraplix to banker and literary figure. François Albert-Buisson is noted for being the fourteenth member elected to occupy seat two of the Académie Française in 1955.

François Albert-Buisson

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1881 births

1961 deaths

People from Issoire

Radical Party (France) politicians

French senators of the Third Republic

Members of the Académie Française

Members of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques

French biographers

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

French military personnel of World War I

French male non-fiction writers

20th-century French historians

Burials at Passy Cemetery

Senators of Puy-de-Dôme

20th-century French male writers

20th-century French economists

François Albert-Buisson