Ferdinand-Célestin Contat
1902–1940 (age 38)
Biography
Ferdinand-Célestin Contat was a French farmworker born in 1902 who labored in the agricultural sector of France. His work represented the essential contributions of rural laborers to French society and economy during the early twentieth century.
Contat's life was cut short in 1940, a pivotal year in French history. He was laid to rest in the cimetière de La Balme-de-Thuy, remembered as part of the working people who sustained the nation.