James Fazy
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James Fazy (12 May 1794 - 6 November 1878) was a Swiss politician and President of the Swiss Council of States (1854).[1] He was a revolutionary idealist seeking to change things along generational lines. He wrote a book called Gerontacracy, c. 1828.
References
- ^ Billington, James (1980) Fire in the Minds of Men, Origins of the Revolutionary Faith. New York: Basic Books, Inc. Publishers. pg 11
External links
- James Fazy in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Biography of James Fazy on the website of the Swiss Parliament.