Gabriel Mollin Explained

Gabriel Mollin (September 15, 1835, Bourges – October 18, 1912) was a French revolutionary who successively advocated communism, positivism and anarchism.

He was by trade a metal gilder. He was a member of the Cercle des prolétaires positivistes and served as their delegate to the Basle Congress of the International Workingmen's Association (i.e. the First International) held in 1869.[1] [2]

He was married in 1873 and his wife had a child. In 1875 he was detained in the Sainte-Anne Hospital Centre after being diagnosed as suffering from mental derangement brought about by alcoholism. He left the asylum on 22 January 1876, accusing his psychiatrist and fellow positivist Jean-François Eugène Robinet of having him locked up so that his wife would leave and take away his son.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mollin. Gabriel. Rapport sur le congrès de Bâle. 1870. Armand le Chevalier. Paris. 9 March 2017.
  2. Web site: MOLLIN, Gabriel - Dictionnaire international des militants anarchistes. militants-anarchistes.info. Collectif Sarka-SPIP. 24 October 2017. fr.