Georges Cochon Explained
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Georges Cochon (1879-1959) was a tapestry maker, an anarchist and the secretary of the Federation of Tenants.[1]
Biography
He was born on March 26, 1879, in Chartres, France. In 1912 in Paris he developed a strategy to help tenants with overdue payments keep their belongings. He died on April 25, 1959.[2]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Georges Cochon . 2009-07-24 . Recollection Books . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080514052532/http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/Encyclopedia/CochonGeorges.htm . 2008-05-14 .
- News: By Moving Tenants Out of Lodgings on Which Rent Is Overdue Before Their Furniture Can Be Seized He Has Become a Celebrity in Volatile France. . There is a part of Paris where the housing problem is even more serious than it is in Rivington Street, and where every day there wander through the slummy streets men and women and children and babies in search of a tight roof against the rain, air to breathe, and sun enough to dry the washing. . . September 29, 1912 . 2009-07-24 .
