Importantactivist in the French anarchist movement. Involved with ÉliséeReclus' "Révolté". Initially a socialist, he became an anarchistafter 1880 and a popularizer of  Kropotkin's ideas.  In 1892Grave wrote La société mourante et l'anarchie , prefacedby Octave Mirbeau, for which he was sentenced to two years in prison. Mirbeau, like Elisee Recluse, Paul Adam, and Bernard Lazare had testifiedin Grave's behalf, but to no avail.

In 1895 he began publishing"Les temps nouveaux," which was influential in literary & artisticcircles of the time. Many reputed artists (such Aristide Delannoy, MaximilienLuce, Paul Signac, Alexandre Steinlen, Van Rysselberghe, Camille Pissarro,Van Dongen, George Willaume, etc.) illustrated and helped to finance thereview.

In 1914 Grave joined Kropotkinin England, and incurred the wrath of antiwar anarchists by signing the"Proclamation of the 16," which favored the allies during WWI.

Grave also wrote Mouvementlibertaire sous la IIIe république.

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