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Jacques Pierre Brissot

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Jacques Pierre Brissot

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Also known as Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville, Jean Pierre Brissot de Warville

French revolutionary (1754–1793)

Key facts

Preceded by
Étienne Claye
Succeeded by
Claude Julien Maras
Constituency
Chartres
Born
Jacques Pierre Brissot , ( 1754-01-15 ) 15 January 1754, Chartres , Orléanais , France
Died
31 October 1793 (1793-10-31) (aged 39), Paris, France
Cause of death
Execution by guillotine
Resting place
Chapelle expiatoire , Paris, 48°52′25″N 2°19′22″E / 48.873611°N 2.322778°E / 48.873611; 2.322778
Party
Girondin
Spouse
Félicité Dupont ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1782 ) ​
Children
Pierre Augustin Félix Edme Augustin Sylvain Jacques Jérôme Anacharsis
Alma mater
University of Orléans
Profession
Journalist, publisher

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jacques
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Chartres
Place of death
Paris
Occupation
lawyer
Political party
Girondists
Languages spoken
French
Native language
French
Participant in
French Revolution
Image
François Bonneville - Portrait de Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville (1754-1793), journaliste et conventionnel - P2608 - Musée Carnavalet.jpg
Work location
Paris
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Commons category
Jacques Pierre Brissot
date of birth
1754-01-15
date of death
1793-10-31
described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
place of burial
Catacombs of Paris
Commons Creator page
Jacques Pierre Brissot
name in native language
Jacques Pierre Brissot
cause of death
decapitation
writing language
French
pseudonym
Un Républicain
place of detention
Bastille
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Encyclopedic overview

Jacques Pierre Brissot ( French pronunciation: [ʒak pjɛʁ bʁiso]; 15 January 1754 – 31 October 1793), also known as Brissot de Warville, was a French journalist, abolitionist, and revolutionary leading the faction of the Girondins (initially called Brissotins) at the National Convention in Paris.

Born in Chartres, Brissot trained as a law clerk, but acquired notoriety as a radical writer and journalist, winning the approval of Voltaire for his writings on the philosophy of law. He collaborated on the Mercure de France and the Courier de l'Europe, which sympathized with the insurgents in the American colonies.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jacques Pierre Brissot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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