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Aug 17, 1879 Lausanne, canton of Bern, Switzerland Died on 23 Oct 1945 (aged 66)
Swiss pacifist, engineer and quaker
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About Pierre Cérésole
- Pierre Cérésole (17 August 1879 – 23 October 1945) was a Swiss engineer, known primarily as the founder of the Service Civil International (SCI) or the International Voluntary Service for Peace (IVSP), in 1920, an organisation that helped in reconstruction after the First World War with the goal of achieving an atmosphere of brotherhood.
- As a pacifist, he had refused to pay taxes that were used for the acquisition of arms and refused to accept money from his inheritance.
- He spent many hours in prison. Cérésole had been inspired by American thinker William James.
- Cérésole in turn inspired Kees Boeke.
