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Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
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French physician (1738-1814)
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Joseph-Ignace Guillotin was a French physician and politician born in Saintes in 1738. He was educated at the University of Paris and the University of Bordeaux. A Catholic who spoke French, he participated in the French Revolution. His professional field was anatomy, and he held the position of president.
Guillotin authored nine works, including *Quaestio medico-chirurgica*, *An ossa prope articulum fracta, post calli genesin, leni motu exercenda?*, and several petitions from Paris citizens dated December 8, 1788. Other publications include *Lettre d'un me decin d'Alsace* and *Projet de de cret sur l'enseignement et l'exercice de l'art de gue rir*. He had two children. He died on March 26, 1814, and is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1738
- Died
- 1814
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Quaestio medico-chirurgica ... An ossa prope articulum fracta, post calli genesin, leni motu exercenda?
- Pétition des citoyens domiciliés à Paris, du 8 décembre 1788
- Pétition des citoyens domiciliés à Paris
- Quaestio medica, quodlibetariis disputationibus manè discutienda in scholis medicorum, die Martis qnarto [sic] mensis Decembris, anno Domini M.DCC.LXX. M. Josepho-Ignatio Guillotin, doctore medico, praeside. An praeter genitalia sexus inter se discrepent?
- Lettre d'un me decin d'Alsace
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1738-05-28 ) 28 May 1738, Saintes , France
- Died
- 26 March 1814 (1814-03-26) (aged 75), Paris , France
- Resting place
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
- Citizenship
- France
- Education
- Irish College , Bordeaux , Reims University , University of Paris
- Occupation
- Physician
- Known for
- Proposing a painless method for executions, inspiring the guillotine
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Saintes
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- president
- Educated at
- University of Bordeaux
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Participant in
- French Revolution
- Field of work
- anatomy
- Image
- Anonymous - Portrait de Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738-1814), médecin et homme politique. - P1052 - Musée Carnavalet (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Joseph Ignace Guillotin
- date of birth
- 1738-05-28
- date of death
- 1814-03-26
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- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
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- name in native language
- Joseph Ignace Guillotin
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Encyclopedic overview
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin ( French: [ʒozɛf iɲas ɡijɔtɛ̃]) (28 May 1738 – 26 March 1814) was a French physician, politician, and freemason who proposed on 10 October 1789 the use of a device to carry out executions in France, as a less painful method of execution than existing methods. Although he did not invent the guillotine and opposed the death penalty, his name became an eponym for it. The actual inventor of the prototype was a French physician, Antoine Louis.
Early life and education
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