thumb|Martin Nadaud, he was once a member of the France Parliament.'''Martin Nadaud''' (17 November 1815, Soubrebost, Creuse – 28 December 1898) rose from being a peasant boy to becoming a revolutionary and Member of Parliament. His first language was Langue d'oc and he learned French while working in Paris as a stonemason from the age of 14.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Tindall |first=Gillian |title=The journey of Martin Nadaud : a life and turbulent times |date=2000 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=0-312-26185-3 |edition= |location=New York |oclc=44628624 |author-link=Gillian Tindall}}</ref>
He avoided being drafted into the army for seven years service due to injuries from a fall on a Paris building site and local connections with a sympathetic doctor.He escaped to England after the French Revolution of 1848 and lived there for eighteen years, becoming a schoolmaster in Wimbledon under the assumed name of Henri Geo. Martin. He also was initiated as a freemason in that time.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Les Amis Bienfaisants Lodge archives</ref>
As a member of the Parliament of France, he advocated better public transport and public services. A station of the Paris Métro was named after him (Martin Nadaud (Paris Métro)) but was absorbed by a renovated Gambetta station in 1969.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tindall |first=Gillian |title=The journey of Martin Nadaud : a life and turbulent times |date=2000 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=0-312-26185-3 |edition= |location=New York |oclc=44628624}}</ref>
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