Edmond de Pressensé

Edmond Dehault de Pressensé (7 January 1824 – 8 April 1891) was a French Protestant religious leader.

In 1847 he became a pastor in the Evangelical Church at the chapel of Taitbout in Paris.

[1][2][3] He was a powerful preacher and political orator; from 1871 he was a member of the National Assembly, and from 1883 a life senator.

In 1890 he was elected a member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques.

[3] His son Francis de Pressensé was a French politician and man of letters.