Auguste Dide
French Protestant pastor and politician (1839–1918)
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Auguste Dide (4 April 1839 – 16 March 1918) was a French Protestant pastor and politician of the extreme left during the Third Republic. He was born in Vézénobres.
Born1839
Died1918 (aged 78–79)
Auguste Dide | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1839 |
| Died | 1918 (aged 78–79) |
During the Second Empire he was exiled to Switzerland, but he returned to France after an amnesty, and continued his theological studies in Strasbourg. He then became a pastor, in Gard and then in Paris.[1]
Dide was senator for Gard from 1885 to 1889.[2]
Dide was part of a group responsible for creating a statue of Michael Servetus.
Dide died in Nice on 16 March 1918 at the age of 78.
