biography
pronunciation:
[kabay]
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| lived:
| (1788–1856)
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| biography:
| Utopian, social reformer, and writer, born in Dijon, France. Trained as a lawyer, he was a radical member of the French Chamber of Deputies (1831) and founded Le Populaire (1833), a publication that promoted the working men's cause. In 1834 the government prosecuted him for certain articles and he went into exile in England. Back in France, he published a Utopian romance, Voyage en Icarie (1840), which outlined what he called the Icarian doctrine, a detailed blueprint for a new society. His writings attracted a large audience and followers who called for a Utopian community in America. He joined their cause in 1849 and a community was established in the abandoned Mormon town of Nauvoo, IL, but his autocratic rule turned many against him and in 1856 he left for St Louis, MT, where he soon died. His death did not halt the creation of Icarian colonies in Cheltenham, MO, Corning, IA, and Cloverdale, CA, but all were dissolved by 1895. |
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