Pejoratively referred to as "the man of Ghent" by his opponents, this author of History of the Origins of Representative Government in Europe ascended to his highest office on the retirement of Nicolas Soult.
As minister of education, this man sent a noted letter instructing all teachers that there must be "no sectarian or party spirit in your school; the teacher must rise above the fleeting quarrels which agitate society" - that letter was sent after he authored the Great Schools Law. Pejoratively referred to as "the man of Ghent" by his opponents, this author of History of the Origins of Representative Government in Europe ascended to his highest office on the retirement of Nicolas Soult. As foreign minister, he created controversy when he rejected Leopold of Saxe-Coburg Gotha as a suitor, and successfully demanded that the moderado candidate Francis, the Duke of Cadiz, be wed to Isabella II. That incident, called the Affair of the Spanish Marriages, was this man's quarrel with Lord Palmerston. He succeeded his friend Royer-Collard as leader of the Doctrinaires, a party that promoted the notion of the "juste milieu." For 10 points, name this man who dominated the Chamber of Deputies during the July Monarchy, and was a rival of Adolphe Thiers while serving as prime minister under Louis Philippe, until he was removed in 1848.
As minister of education, this man sent a noted letter instructing all teachers that there must be "no sectarian or party spirit in your school; the teacher must rise above the fleeting quarrels which agitate society" - that letter was sent after he authored the Great Schools Law.
Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot