Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois | |
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| 20thPresident of the National Convention | |
| In office 19 July 1794 – 3 August 1794 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Antoine Louis |
| Succeeded by | Philippe-Antoine Merlin |
| In office 13 June 1793 – 27 June 1793 | |
| Preceded by | François René Mallarmé |
| Succeeded by | Jacques-Alexis Thuriot |
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| Born | 19 June 1749 Paris,France |
| Died | 8 June 1796(aged 46) Cayenne,French Guiana |
| Cause of death | Yellow fever |
| Citizenship | French |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | the Mountain |
| Parents | Gabriel-Jacques Collot, Jeanne-Agnès Collot née Hannen |
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| Known for | member of theCommittee of Public Safety,execution of more than 2,000 people inLyon |
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Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois(19 June 1749 inParis– 8 June 1796 inCayenne,French Guiana) was aFrenchactor,dramatist,essayist,andrevolutionary.He was a member of theCommittee of Public Safetyduring theReign of Terrorand, while he savedMadame Tussaudfromthe Guillotine, he administered the execution of more than 2,000 people in the city ofLyon.Collot d'Herbois was the 20thPresident of the National Conventionfrom July 1794 to August 1794.
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