Gabriel Compayré was a French scholar of

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

and politician.

Early life

Gabriel Compayré was born on 2 January 1843 in

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, France. Compayré was educated at the

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. He graduated from the

École normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines The École normale supérieure lettres et sciences humaines (ENS LSH) was an elite French '' grande école'' specialising in the arts, humanities and social sciences. It was one of two '' Écoles normales supérieures'' (ENS) to be based in Lyo ...

and passed the

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in philosophy in 1866. He received a doctorate in philosophy in 1873, with a thesis about

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Career

Compayré taught high school philosophy in Pau,

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and

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. He taught philosophy at the

University of Toulouse The University of Toulouse (french: Université de Toulouse) was a university in the French city of Toulouse that was established by papal bull in 1229, making it one of the earliest universities to emerge in Europe. Suppressed during the Frenc ...

. He was the author of many books on

. He also wrote books about

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and

Herbert Spencer Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, psychologist, biologist, anthropologist, and sociologist famous for his hypothesis of social Darwinism. Spencer originated the expression "survival of the fittest ...

. Some of his books were translated into English by

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. Compayré served in the

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from 1881 to 1889, serving as deputy to Lavaur. He lost his reelection bid to

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in 1889. Compayré was a Commander of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

Publications

*''Histoire critique des doctrines de l’éducation en France'' (1879) * (extended version of ''Histroire critique'', published after 1879) - translated by *''Éléments d’éducation civique'' (1881), a work placed on the index at Rome, but very widely read in the primary schools of France *''Cours de pédagogie théorique et pratique'' (1885, 13th ed., 1897) *''The Intellectual and Moral Development of the Child'', in English (2 vols., New York, 1896–1902) *A series of monographs on ''Les Grands Éducateurs''.

Death

Compayré died on March 23, 1913 in Paris, France.

References

1843 births 1913 deaths People from Albi Politicians from Occitania (administrative region) French republicans Members of the 3rd Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 4th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Academic staff of the University of Toulouse Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur {{France-academic-bio-stub