Anne Beffort
The name "École internationale Mersch Anne Beffort" is apt for our school: Madame Anne Beffort (1880-1966) literally personified and even prefigured, by her very being and existence, the evolution of the former household school into a new, lasting international school.
The daughter of a gardener and one of eleven siblings, Madame Anne Beffort defied all the social obstacles and prohibitions of the time to become the first woman in Luxembourg to hold a doctorate from the Sorbonne, and the first woman teacher in the Grand Duchy. Co-founder of the Lycée des Jeunes Filles (later Lycée Robert Schuman) and a teacher with heart and soul, her unrivalled courage led her to stand up to the occupying forces during the Second World War.
A specialist in Victor Hugo, her unwavering commitment to the French language and culture earned her the Légion d'Honneur from Robert Schuman. A convinced early European, she worked tirelessly for the European ideal throughout her life.
» Click here to view her biography by Professor Emeritus Frank Wilhelm
