biography
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Saint-Just, Louis (Antoine Léon Florelle) de
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pronunciation:
[sĩ zhüst]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1767–94)
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| biography:
| French revolutionary, born in Decize, C France. He studied at Soissons and Reims, then studied law, and while in Paris began to write poetry and essays, notably L'Esprit de la révolution (1791, Spirit of the Revolution). He was elected to the National Convention (1792), attracted notice by his fierce tirades against the king, and as a devoted follower of Robespierre was sent on diplomatic and military missions. He joined the Committee of Public Safety (1793), contributing to the destruction of Danton and Hébert, became president of the Convention (1794), and sponsored the radical Ventôse Laws, redistributing property to the poor. He was guillotined with Robespierre in the Thermidorian Reaction. |
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