contributed briefer studies to technical magazines. Worms was a devoted adherent of Judaism, and was chosen as its apologist at the Mole conference, where he twice defended the decree of Crémieux regarding the Jews of Algeria against those members who demanded its repeal. He was created a chevalier of the Legion of Honor Feb. 18, 1905. See also Worms (family) References 19th-century French Jews French sociologists Jewish sociologists Writers from Rennes 1869 births 1926 deaths Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Members of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery