First off,
- Jean Vanier was born on: September 10, 1928, in Geneva, Switzerland and died on May 7, 2019, in Paris, France.
he founded L'Arche, an international federation of communities for people with developmental disabilities and those who assist them.
Vanier was the son of Canadian parents, Major-General Georges Vanier, who became the 19th Governor General of Canada (1959–1967), and his wife Pauline Vanier. He was the fourth out of five of his sibilants. He also received a broad education in English and French first in Canada and then in France and England.