Charles-Philippe Ronsin

Charles-Philippe Ronsin.

Charles-Philippe Ronsin (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl filip ʁɔ̃sɛ̃]; 1 December 1751 – 24 March 1794) was a French general of the Revolutionary Army of the First French Republic, commanding the large Parisian division of l'Armée Révolutionnaire. He was an extreme radical leader of the French Revolution, and one of the many followers of Jacques-René Hébert, known as the Hébertists.[1]

  1. ^ The Oxford History of the French Revolution; William Doyle; Clarendon Press, 1989; p.252. |"The Revolutionary Army was at last set on foot, and command of it went... to Ronsin, one of the fiercest allies of Hébert."