James Fazy

Fazy in 1872

James Fazy (12 May 1794 – 6 November 1878) was a Swiss politician and President of the Swiss Council of States (1854).^[1] He was a revolutionary idealist seeking to change things along generational lines. He wrote a book called Gerontocracy, c. 1828.

References

↑ Billington, James (1980) Fire in the Minds of Men, Origins of the Revolutionary Faith. New York: Basic Books, Inc. Publishers. pg 11

External links

James Fazy in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
Biography of James Fazy on the website of the Swiss Parliament.

Preceded by Johann Jakob Blumer	President of the Council of States 1854	Succeeded by Karl Kappeler

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[1] Billington, James (1980) Fire in the Minds of Men, Origins of the Revolutionary Faith. New York: Basic Books, Inc. Publishers. pg 11