biography
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Desmoulins, (Lucie Simplice) Camille (Benoist)
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pronunciation:
[daymoolĩ]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1760–94)
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| biography:
| French revolutionary and journalist, born in Guise, N France. He studied law in Paris, but owing to a stutter never practised. He nonetheless was an effective crowd orator, and played a dramatic part in the storming of the Bastille. He was also an influential pamphleteer. A member of the Cordeliers' Club from its foundation, he was elected to the National Convention and voted for the death of the king. He actively attacked the Girondists, but by the end of 1793 argued for moderation, thus incurring the hostility of Robespierre. He was arrested and guillotined. |
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