Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois

Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois
20th President of the National Convention
In office
19 July 1794 – 3 August 1794
Preceded byJean-Antoine Louis
Succeeded byPhilippe-Antoine Merlin
In office
13 June 1793 – 27 June 1793
Preceded byFrançois René Mallarmé
Succeeded byJacques-Alexis Thuriot
Personal details
Born(1749-06-19)19 June 1749
Paris, France
Died8 June 1796(1796-06-08) (aged 46)
Cayenne, French Guiana
Cause of deathYellow fever
CitizenshipFrench
Political partythe Mountain
Parent(s)Gabriel-Jacques Collot, Jeanne-Agnès Collot née Hannen
Occupation
  • Actor
  • dramatist
  • essayist
  • revolutionary
Known formember of the Committee of Public Safety, execution of more than 2,000 people in Lyon
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Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ maʁi kɔlo dɛʁbwa]; 19 June 1749 – 8 June 1796) was a French actor, dramatist, essayist, and revolutionary. He was a member of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror and, while he saved Madame Tussaud from the Guillotine,[1] he administered the execution of more than 2,000 people in the city of Lyon.

  1. ^ Undine Concannon, 'Tussaud , Anna Maria (bap. 1761, d. 1850)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004