Henry AYROUT

1907 - 1969  (62 years)

• Name	Henry AYROUT
  Birth	1907
  Gender	Male
  Death	1969
  Person ID	I3473	Egypt | Ayrout, Youssef
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025 | LGHF

  
  

  Father	Rafic KANAWATI
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Gehan JENJI
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Henry Habib Ayrout, S.J. (1907 - April 10, 1969) was an author, educator, and Jesuit priest in Egypt. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia His father Habib Ayrout was a Lebanese-Egyptian architect practicing in Cairo, Egypt. After being educated in Paris as an engineer-architect, he participated in the planning and construction of Heliopolis (Cairo suburb). His two brothers Charles Ayrout and Max Ayrout were also architects practicing in Cairo.[1] Fr. Ayrout was an educator, and sociologist who established the Catholic Association for Schools of Egypt in 1940. His study of the Egypt's fellahin, The Egyptian Peasant, was first published in French in 1938[2] and is regarded as a major work on the subject.[3] He was a noted advocate for land reform in Egypt.[4] Ayrout was rector of the Jesuit College in Faggala from 1962 until his death.[5] He was the founder of the Association of Upper Egypt for Education and Development. Books: S. J. Henry Habib Ayrout, Moeurs et coutumes des fellahs