Paul Robin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Paul Robin

Significant figure of the French Neo-Malthusianism movement

Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1837

Place of Birth: Toulon, Provence-Alpes-CĂ´te d'Azur, France

Date of Death: 01-Sep-1912

Profession: author, public figure, pedagogue

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Paul Robin

  • Paul Robin (1837–1912) was a French educator and scientist. Paul Robin, a college professor, was the most significant figure of the French Neo-Malthusianism movement. Early in his life Robin was a socialist & supporter of Marx & Engels in the First International before they excluded him, along with Michael Bakunin.
  • Expelled from Belgium in 1869, Robin moved to Switzerland, where he was helped & influenced by Bakunin, then moved to London. Robin lived in London for 10 years, then went to France in 1880 where he became head of the PrĂ©vost Orphanage in Cempuis (Oise).
  • Here he threw in all his energies & put into practice a completely original libertarian pedagogy. Functioning like a boarding school, more than 600 children were there between 1880 & 1894. Robin's teaching was based upon observation, development of the artistic direction of the child & taking into account the children's desires.
  • Co-education was the rule, & the children were taken along for two months to the sea each summer, etc.
  • Physical, manual & intellectual education were complemented with 19 different workshops which provided them at least one complete formation of a trade occupation (a bakery, printing works, photography, masonry, etc.).
  • These workshops also provided the school a certain financial autonomy. Unfortunately this libertarian school was subjected to numerous rightwing attacks, & on August 31, 1894, Paul Robin's license was revoked. Robin then turned his energies to the nĂ©o-Malthusian cause, influencing & working for a time with Eugene Humbert, with whom he eventually had a falling-out. Tired & worn down by the struggles, Paul Robin committed suicide on September 1, 1912. But Robin's legacy at Cempuis was not lost, & he had a tremendous influence on two other great libertarian pedagogues: Francisco Ferrer & SĂ©bastien Faure.

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