About Auguste Keufer
Lived 1851 – 1926 (aged 74). Auguste Keufer was a French typographer and trade unionist.
Auguste Keufer (20 April 1851, in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines – 30 March 1924, in Paris) was a French typesetter and syndicalist. He was the first treasurer of the Confédération générale du travail (CGT)
Orphaned at an early age, Keufer experienced poverty in his youth. He trained as a typographer with the printers Haut-Rhin Jardel.
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Who was Auguste Keufer?
French typesetter and syndicalist (1851–1924)
When was Auguste Keufer born?
Auguste Keufer was born on 20 April 1851 in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines.
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Auguste Keufer died on 30 March 1926 in Paris.
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Auguste Keufer was a typographer and trade unionist.
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Auguste Keufer was French.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Auguste Keufer. https://biography.guide/auguste-keufer/
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