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Georges Bertier

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Georges Alphonse Bertier
Born
Georges Alphonse Bertier

1877
Nancy, France
Died1962 (aged 84–85)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationEducationalist

Georges Alphonse Bertier (1877–1962) was a French educator, Director of the École des Roches [fr], and co-founder of secular Scouting in France. Co-founder of Eclaireurs de France, he founded one of the first recorded Boy Scout troops in 1910 at École des Roches (pioneer of Active learning).

He served as President of Eclaireurs de France between 1920 and 1936, and later as President of Eclaireurs Neutres de France from 1952 to his death.

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