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Georges Hébert (1875–1957) was a pioneering physical educator in the French military who developed a system of physical education and training known as „la méthode naturelle“ („Natural Method“), which combined the training of a wide variety of physical capacities with the training of courage and morality.
While an officer in the French Navy prior to the First World War, Hébert was stationed in the town of St. Pierre, on the island of Martinique in the Caribbean Sea. In 1902 the town fell victim to a catastrophic volcanic eruption.
Hébert coordinated the escape and rescue of some seven hundred people from this disaster.
This experience had a profound effect on him, and reinforced his belief that athletic skill must be combined with courage and altruism.
He eventually developed this ethos into his personal motto, „Être fort pour être utile“ („Being strong to be useful“).
Georges Hébert (1875–1957) was a pioneering physical educator in the French military who developed a system of physical education and training known as „la méthode naturelle“ („Natural Method“), which combined the training of a wide variety of physical capacities with the training of courage and morality.
While an officer in the French Navy prior to the First World War, Hébert was stationed in the town of St. Pierre, on the island of Martinique in the Caribbean Sea. In 1902 the town fell victim to a catastrophic volcanic eruption.
Hébert coordinated the escape and rescue of some seven hundred people from this disaster.
This experience had a profound effect on him, and reinforced his belief that athletic skill must be combined with courage and altruism.
He eventually developed this ethos into his personal motto, „Être fort pour être utile“ („Being strong to be useful“).