Michel Menu (3 February 1916 in

Secondigny Secondigny () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. It is situated about 14 km west of the town of Parthenay and 35 km north of Niort. Secondigny is the source of the Thouet, a river that flows east and then ...

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Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud () is a French commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Like other communes of Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of France's wealthie ...

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a department in the Île-de-France region of France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west and ...

), was a

French French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), ...

engineer and author. A major figure of Catholic Scouting, he was the Deputy Chief Commissioner, National Scout Commissioner of

Scouts de France Scouts et Guides de France (''Scouts and Guides of France'', SGdF) is the largest Scouting and Guiding association in France. It was formed on 1 September 2004 from the merger of two Roman Catholic Scouting organizations: the Guides de France (fo ...

(1946-1956), and launched the Raider-Scouts scheme in 1948.

Works

* ''Bases fondamentales du scoutisme'' (with Pierre Delsuc, Pierre de Montjamont and Henry Dhavernas), 1967

References

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