François-René-Auguste Mallarmé

François-René-Auguste Mallarmé (born Feb. 25, 1755, Nancy, Fr.—died July 25, 1835, Richemont) was a French revolutionist, briefly president of the Convention in 1793. Mallarmé was brought up in his father’s profession as a lawyer and, during the Revolution, was elected by the department of Meurthe as deputy to the Legislative Assembly and the Convention, where he joined the radical Montagnards and voted for the death of Louis XVI. He was made president of the Convention...