Jean-Charles-Dominique de Lacretelle, the Younger

Jean-Charles-Dominique de Lacretelle, the Younger (born Sept. 3, 1766, Metz, France—died March 26, 1855, Mâcon) was a French historian and journalist, a pioneer in the historical study of the French Revolution. Summoned in 1787 to Paris by his older brother Pierre, a lawyer and political activist, he became a member of the Feuillants, a party advocating a constitutional monarchy. He wrote for the Journal des Débats and the Journal de Paris, and, when he made...