# Martin Nadaud

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thumb|Martin Nadaud, he was once a member of the France Parliament.'''Martin Nadaud''' (17 November 1815, [Soubrebost](/source/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](/source/Langue_d'oc) and he learned French while working in Paris as a [stonemason](/source/Stonemasonry) 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](/source/French_Revolution_of_1848) and lived there  for eighteen years, becoming  a schoolmaster in [Wimbledon](/source/Wimbledon%2C_London) under the assumed name of Henri Geo. Martin. He also was initiated as a [freemason](/source/freemason) in that time.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Les Amis Bienfaisants Lodge archives</ref>

As a member of the [Parliament of France](/source/Parliament_of_France), he advocated better public transport and public services. A station of the [Paris Métro](/source/Paris_M%C3%A9tro) was named after him ([Martin Nadaud (Paris Métro)](/source/Martin_Nadaud_(Paris_M%C3%A9tro))) but was absorbed by a renovated [Gambetta station](/source/Gambetta_(Paris_M%C3%A9tro)) 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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