Benjamin Nicolas Marie Appert
Benjamin Nicolas Marie Appert (10 September 1797 – 1847) was a French philanthropist.
Life
Appert was born in Paris. As a young man he introduced a system of mutual instruction into the regimental schools of the département of the Nord. Its success encouraged him to publish a Manual setting forth his system. While engaged in teaching prisoners at Montaigu jail,[1] he fell under suspicion of having connived at the escape of two of them, and was thrown into the prison of La Force.[2]
On his release, he resolved to devote the rest of his life to bettering the condition of those whose lot he had for a time shared, and he travelled much over Europe to study the various systems of prison discipline, and wrote several books on the subject. After the revolution of 1830, he became secretary to Queen Marie Amélie Therese and organized the measures taken for the relief of the needy. He was decorated with the Legion of Honour in 1833.[2]
Notes
- ^ Tronel, Jacky (14 March 2010). "Montaigu, ancien collège transformé en pénitencier militaire" [Montaigu, a former college transformed into a military penitentiary]. Histoire pénitentiaire et Justice militaire (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
References
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Appert, Benjamin Nicolas Marie". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 221. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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