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Georges Bertier

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Nationality
  
French

Occupation
  
Educationalist

Full Name
  
Georges Alphonse Bertier

Born
  
1877
Nancy, France

Died
  
12 January 1962, Paris, France

Georges Alphonse Bertier (1877-1962) was a French educator, Director of the École des Roches, and co-founder of secular Scouting in France. Co-founder of Eclaireurs de France, he founded one of the first recorded Boy Scout troops in 1910 at École des Roches (pioneer of Active learning).

He served as President of Eclaireurs de France between 1920 and 1936, and later as President of Eclaireurs Neutres de France from 1952 to his death.

References

Georges Bertier Wikipedia