biography
| name: |
Blanqui, (Louis) Auguste
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pronunciation:
[blãkee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1805–81)
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| biography:
| Revolutionary socialist leader, born in Puget-Théniers, SE France. An extremist, he worked from 1830 at building up a network of secret societies committed to violent revolution. He spent 33 years in prison, and was in prison in 1871 when he was elected president of the revolutionary Commune of Paris. In 1881 his followers, known as Blanquists, joined the Marxists. |
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