Charles Joseph Léger

Charles Léger (1877-1917) was a French gardener and anarchist. He is primarily known for his arrest in 1894 while in the process of making explosive devices, possibly intended for an anarchist attentat.

Following his release, he moved to Paris, married, and died at the front during World War I. His police mugshot, taken by Alphonse Bertillon's service, is part of the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in New York City.

Biography Charles Joseph Ferdinand Léger was born in Marseille on 19 October 1877 or 15 June 1877. He was an orphan and was therefore taken in by family members in Lyon. His legal guardian was Victor Doullens, residing on rue de Cambronne in Paris.

On 11 April 1894, Léger, noted as a very quiet and solitary person, suddenly abandoned his farm school.