Frédéric Alfred Pierre, comte de Falloux

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Frédéric-Alfred-Pierre, comte de Falloux (7 May 1811 – 16 January 1886) was a French politician and author, famous for having given his name to two laws on education, favorizing private Catholic teaching.He was born at Angers, Maine-et-Loire. His father had been ennobled by King Charles X of France, and Falloux began his career as a Legitimist and clerical journalist under the influence of Madame Swetchine. In 1846 he entered the legislature as deputy for the Maine-et-Loire, and with many other Catholics he gave real or pretended support to the revolution of 1848. Louis Napoleon made him minister of education in 1849, but having fell sick in September 1849, he was replaced in October.