Pierre Besnard | |
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Died | 19 February 1947 | (aged 60)
Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
Occupation | Railway worker |
Employer | Chemins de fer de l'État |
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Movement | Anarchism |
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Pierre Besnard (8 October 1886 – 19 February 1947) was a French anarcho-syndicalist. He was the co-founder and leader of the Confédération Générale du Travail-Syndicaliste Révolutionnaire (CGT-SR) and its successor the Confédération Nationale du Travail (CNT), and the principal theoretician of anarcho-syndicalism in France during the early 20th century.