Jean Monnet

Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet (November 9, 1888 – March 16, 1979) is regarded by many as the architect of European Unity. Never elected to public office, Monnet worked behind the scenes of American and European governments as a well-connected pragmatic internationalist.

Early years

Monnet was born in Cognac, France, into a family of cognac merchants. At the age of sixteen, he abandoned his university-entrance examinations part way through and moved to London where he spent some years in City of London with Mr. Chaplin, the agent of his father;s company. Subsequently, he travelled widely — Scandinavia, Russia, Egypt, Canada, the United States — for the family business.

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Cognac - France - London - Scandinavia - Russia - Egypt - Canada - United States

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