Philippe Berger

Philippe Berger, born on September 15, 1846, in Beaucourt (Haut-Rhin, currently in the Territoire de Belfort) and died on March 24, 1912, in Paris, was a French orientalist, professor and politician.

Engaged in the health service of the Loire Army during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, he was awarded the military medal for his conduct during the siege of Paris.

Philippe Berger entered politics in 1895, when he was elected general councillor of the canton of Giromagny (Territory of Belfort).

Becoming President of the General Council, he won the by- Senate election of the Territory of Belfort in 1904, succeeding Frédéric Japy.

Coming from a family from Switzerland, settled in Montbéliard since 1660, he was the 3rd son of Eugène Berger, a Protestant pastor, and Louise Caroline Mathilde Pitois (sister of Éléonore, wife of Oscar Berger-Levrault).