About: Auguste Warnier

Auguste Hubert Warnier (8 January 1810 – 15 March 1875) was a French medical doctor, journalist and politician who spent most of his career in Algeria.At first he was a Saint-Simonian and was sympathetic to the local population.He thought the Berbers had Germanic blood and a civilization derived from Roman and Christian origins, so could readily adapt to French civilization.He had no respect for the Arab "intruders".Later he took the view that the indigenous people had destroyed the once-fertile environment of Algeria, became a proponent of French colonization and opposed the "" policy of Napoleon III.In his last years he was a Representative in the National Assembly for the Province of Algiers.He was responsible for a law that allowed expropriation of land or forced sale to colonists.