biography
| name: |
Collot d'Herbois, Jean Marie
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pronunciation:
[koloh dairbwah]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1751–96)
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| biography:
| French revolutionary, born in Paris, France. Originally a provincial actor, he was attracted by the revolution back to Paris, and joined the Jacobin Club in 1791. In 1793 he became president of the National Convention and a member of the Committee of Public Safety. Sent by Robespierre to Lyon, he took revenge by guillotine and grapeshot on the inhabitants for having once hissed him off the stage. He joined in the successful plot against Robespierre (1794), but was himself expelled from the Convention, and banished to Cayenne (1795). |
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