Marie Butts

Marie Butts (Thonon, France 1870 – Geneva, Switzerland 1953) was a French educator, translator, and children’s book author. She served as the first General Secretary of the International Bureau of Education (IBE) from 1926-1953, alongside directors Pierre Bovet and Jean Piaget, respectively.[1]

Marie Butts (front row center) with International Bureau of Education director Pierre Bovet (far left) and their team.

Career

Butts held several teaching positions from 1895 to 1939, lecturing in subjects such as English language, literature, and industrial psychology.[2] In 1926, she became the first General Secretary of the International Bureau of Education (IBE), a position she retained for 28 years, until the age of 77.[1] In 1947, she was a member of the committee of experts of UNESCO on international understanding. Butts was the author of several children’s books, including Roland le Vaillant Paladin published by Librarie larousse in 1911. She also translated a number of works by English language writers into French, including H.G. Wells, Dhan Gopal Mukerji, and Anatole Le Braz.[2]

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gollark: Oh yes, the program is also an IRC bot, right.
gollark: I have all these diagrams for random segments of what my stuff does and they're not even complete or up to date or consistent.
gollark: The accursedly complex backend for osmarks internet radio™/my personal youtube-dl frontend/PotatOS™'s Random Stuff API and a bunch of other things I forgot is a 500-line Python program using AIOHTTP nowadays.
gollark: I mostly use python nowadays.

References
  1. Rossello, Pedro. (1953, June 5). [Hommage to Marie Butts].  The IBE Historic Archives, 1925-1969. International Bureau of Education, Geneva, Switzerland.
  2. Picot, Albert. (1953, June 5). [Address by M. Albert Picot, Member of the Conseil d'Etat, President of the Executive Committee at the International Bureau of Education]. The IBE Historic Archives, 1925-1969. International Bureau of Education, Geneva, Switzerland.
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