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Pierre-Claude-François Daunou: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born August 18, 1761 • Boulogne • France
Died June 20, 1840 (aged 78) • Paris • France
Title / Office National Convention (1792-1792)
Role In French Revolution

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Daunou, portrait by Louis-Léopold Boilly
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Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville
French historian and political writer
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès, engraving by J.-A. Allais, 19th century.
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
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Barnave, Antoine
Antoine Barnave
French politician
Ollivier, photograph by P. Petit; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Émile Ollivier
French statesman
Portrait of Napoleon III in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, a red sash, and medals, set against a deep red background. Painted by Hippolyte Flandrin.
Napoleon III
emperor of France
Eighteenth-century painted portrait of Maximilien de Robespierre wearing a brown striped coat, high collar, and white cravat, set against a plain background.
Maximilien Robespierre
French revolutionary
Talleyrand
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent
French statesman and diplomat
Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David
French painter
Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti
Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
French politician and orator
Georges Danton
Georges Danton
French revolutionary leader
Louis de Saint-Just
Louis de Saint-Just
French revolutionary
Lazare Carnot, lithograph by Ambroise Tardieu, after an engraving by C.A. Forestier
Lazare Carnot
French military engineer
Lamartine, detail of an oil painting by François Gérard; in the Musée National de Versailles et des Trianons
Alphonse de Lamartine
French poet, historian, and statesman
Bosio, Jean-Baptiste-François: Portrait of Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
French philosopher and humanist
Léon Gambetta
Léon Gambetta
French statesman
Jean-Paul Marat
Jean-Paul Marat
French politician, physician, and journalist
The elevation of Marc Bloch to the Pantheon
Marc Bloch
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Adolphe Thiers
Adolphe Thiers
French statesman and historian
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Lucien Paul Victor Febvre
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Jules Michelet, detail of an oil painting by Thomas Couture; in the Carnavalet Museum, Paris.
Jules Michelet
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