Frédéric Desmons (1832 in Brignon, Gard – 1910) was a French Calvinist pastor and freemason who persuaded the Grand Orient de France in a vote to remove the term of the Great Architect of the Universe from their Constitution. This precipitated a split with the United Grand Lodge of England and the birth of liberal or Latin Freemasonry.
He studied in Nîmes and then went on to study theology in Geneva, the stronghold of Calvinism.
Upon his death, Frédéric Desmons was buried in the cemetery at Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.
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- ADDRESS TO THE 2002 CALIFORNIA MASONIC SYMPOSIUM Archived January 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- The Grand Orient of France and the three great lights
- * Biography (French) / automatic translation
- "Frédéric Desmons (1832-1910) - Find A Grave Memorial".
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