Henri Laugier

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Henri Laugier
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Born15 August 1888
Died1973
OccupationScholar

Henri Laugier (1888-1973) was a French scholar. He served as the president of the French National Centre for Scientific Research from 1939 to 1940 and from 1943 to 1944.

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Early life

Henri Laugier was born on 15 August 1888. [1] He studied medicine, but dropped out of university to serve in the First World War. [1] After the war, he returned to university and received a PhD. [1]

Career

Laugier started his career as a researcher for the Fondation Dosne-Thiers. [2] He taught Physiology of Work at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers from 1930 to 1937. [1] He became Assistant Professor at the University of Paris in 1937. [1] He worked for Minister Yvon Delbos in 1938. [2] At the outset of World War II, he left for Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and subsequently French Algeria. [1]

Laugier served as the president of the French National Centre for Scientific Research from 1939 to 1940 and from 1943 to 1944. [2] [3]

Laugier was appointed as the Assistant-Secretary-General for Social Affairs at the United Nations in 1946. [2] During his period in office, he was involved in the process of drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, [2] having opened the preparatory meeting of the Commission on Human Rights. [4]

He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a world constitution. [5] [6] As a result, for the first time in human history, a World Constituent Assembly convened to draft and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth. [7]

Death

Laugier died in 1973. [1]

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