Frédéric Desmons

Frédéric Desmons, in 1905.

Frédéric Desmons (14 October 1832, Brignon – 4 January 1910, Paris) was a French Calvinist pastor and freemason who persuaded the Grand Orient de France in a vote to remove the term of the Great Architect of the Universe from their Constitution.[1] This precipitated a split with the United Grand Lodge of England and the birth of liberal or Latin Freemasonry.[2]

He studied in Nîmes and then went on to study theology in Geneva, the stronghold of Calvinism.[3]

Upon his death, Frédéric Desmons was buried in the cemetery at Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.[4]

References

  1. ^ ADDRESS TO THE 2002 CALIFORNIA MASONIC SYMPOSIUM Archived January 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ The Grand Orient of France and the three great lights
  3. ^ * Biography (French) / automatic translation
  4. ^ "Frédéric Desmons (1832-1910) - Find A Grave Memorial".


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