Étienne Joseph Louis Garnier-Pagès (December 27, 1801 – June 23, 1841) was a
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politician, born at
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.
Soon after his birth his father Jean Francois Garnier, a naval surgeon, died, and his mother married Simon Pagès, a college professor, by whom she had a son. The boys were brought up together, and took the double name Gamier-Pagès.
Étienne found employment first in a commercial house in Marseille, and then in an insurance office in
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. In 1825 he began to study
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, and made some mark as an advocate. A keen opponent of the Restoration, he joined various democratic societies, notably the
Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera, an organization for purifying the elections.
He took part in the
revolution of JulyThe French Revolution of 1830, also known as the July Revolution or in French, saw the overthrow of King Charles X of France, the French Bourbon monarch, and the ascent of his cousin Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, who himself, after 18 precarious years on the throne, would in turn be overthrown...
1830; became secretary of the
Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera, whose propaganda he brought into line with his anti-monarchical ideas; and in 1831 was sent from
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to the chamber of deputies. He was concerned in the preparation of the Compte rendu of 1832, and advocated
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. He was an eloquent speaker, and his sound knowledge of business and finance gave him a marked influence among all parties in the chamber.
His half-brother,
Louis-Antoine Garnier-PagèsLouis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès , French politician, fought on the barricades during the revolution of July....
(1803 – October 31, 1878), fought on the barricades during the
revolution of JulyThe French Revolution of 1830, also known as the July Revolution or in French, saw the overthrow of King Charles X of France, the French Bourbon monarch, and the ascent of his cousin Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, who himself, after 18 precarious years on the throne, would in turn be overthrown...
.