Ferdinand Lop

Ferdinand Lop (10 October 1891 – 29 October 1974) was a French teacher, poet and publisher, and candidate for the French Presidency in multiple elections. He was born in Marseilles, and married Sonia Seligman on 18 January 1923 in Paris.

During the French Fourth Republic, Lop stood on an electoral platform which consisted of:

• the elimination of poverty after 10 pm
• the extension of the Roadstead of Brest to Montmartre and of the Boulevard Saint-Michel to the North Sea
• the nationalization of brothels
• providing a pension to the widow of the unknown soldier
• the removal of the caboose from Paris métro trains (which has still not been effected).

He authored numerous booklets, often with evocative titles, such as Thoughts and aphorisms (1951), Pétain and history: What I would have said in my inaugural speech at the Académie française if I had been elected (1957), History of the Latin Quarter (1960–1963), Where is France going? (1961) and Antimaxims (1973).

He died and was buried at Évreux, Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent.