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Georges Danton

The Thunderer of the French Revolution

He became a famous orator of the Cordeliers Club and served as French Minister of Justice after the fall of the monarchy in August 1792.[1] Danton was executed by guillotine on 5 April 1794 on charges of conspiracy and venality.[2][3]

Quick Facts

Office
Member of the Committee of Public Safety
Took office
6 April 1793
Left office
10 July 1793

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Danton was born on 26 October 1759 in Arcis-sur-Aube to a lawyer father and Madeleine Camus.[2][4] As a child, he survived a bull attack and smallpox that scarred his face.[5] On 14 June 1787 he married Antoinette Gabrielle Charpentier, with whom he had three sons.[6] Danton began his revolutionary activity in spring 1789 by giving speeches at the Palais Royal, earning the nickname "The Thunderer"[7]

After the fall of the monarchy, Danton was appointed Minister of Justice on 10 August 1792.[1][8] On 2 September 1792 he delivered a famous speech calling for daring action against enemies, which many believe incited the September Massacres.[9] Danton supported the foundation of a Revolutionary Tribunal on 10 March 1793 and became the first president of the Committee of Public Safety.[1][10] His wife died in childbirth on 10 February 1793, and he later married Louise Sébastienne Gély on 1 July 1793.[11][12]

He was arrested at the end of March 1794 and executed within a week.[3] After moving to Paris in 1780, Danton worked as a clerk for Maître Vinot, and three years later, in 1783, he successfully completed the barrister examination in Reims.[13]

What the cited sources add

The Belloc study "Danton; a study" was published by London T. Nelson around 1910 and is held by the University of Toronto library.[14] The Dwyer book "Georges Jacques Danton" was published by Chelsea House in New York in 1987.[15]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Georges Danton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lawday, "The Giant of the French Revolution: Danton, A Life", Grove Press, July 12, 2011, p. 174–188 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Georges Danton" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Georges Danton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schama 1989, p. 816–817 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Georges Danton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hibbert, "The French Revolution", Penguin UK, 1980, p. 384; Jeannet-Oudin, "Notes sur quelques passages du Mémoire de Ramel", 1799–1800 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Georges Danton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hibbert, "The French Revolution", Penguin UK, 1980, p. 384; Lawday, "The Giant of the French Revolution: Danton, A Life", Grove Press, July 12, 2011, p. 12–13; Dwyer, "Georges Jacques Danton", New York : Chelsea House, 1987 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Georges Danton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lawday, "The Giant of the French Revolution: Danton, A Life", Grove Press, July 12, 2011, p. 29; "Family tree Claude Forma – Geneanet", gw.geneanet.org; "Family tree Claude Forma – Geneanet", gw.geneanet.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Georges Danton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lawday, "The Giant of the French Revolution", Grove Press, July 12, 2011, p. 37–38; Lawday, "The Giant of the French Revolution: Danton, A Life", Grove Press, July 12, 2011, p. 45; Lawday, "The Giant of the French Revolution: Danton, A Life", Grove Press, July 12, 2011, p. 40, 48–49; Lawday, "The Giant of the French Revolution: Danton, A Life", Grove Press, July 12, 2011, p. 49–52; S. Schama (1989) Citizens, p. 452 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Georges Danton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Chisholm, "Fabre d'Églantine, Philippe François Nazaire", Cambridge University Press, 1911, p. 118 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Georges Danton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Danton (2 septembre 1792) – Histoire – Grands discours parlementaires – Assemblée nationale", www2.assemblee-nationale.fr; "Georges Jacques Danton", Collection at Bartleby.com, 10 October 2022; Danton, "Discours de Danton / édition critique par André Fribourg", 24 May 1910; Mantel, "He Roared", 6 August 2009 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Georges Danton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Reign of Terror", www.coreknowledge.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Georges Danton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kappelsberger, "Letter from Robespierre to Danton (15 February 1793)"; Lami, Stanislas, "Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l'école française au dix-huitième siècle. Tome 1", 1910–1911, p. 275; Beesly, "Life of Danton", Kessinger Publishing, 2005, p. 172 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Georges Danton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Belloc, "Danton; a study", London T. Nelson, 1910, p. 336 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  13. Wikipedia, "Georges Danton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lawday, "The Giant of the French Revolution: Danton, A Life", Grove Press, July 12, 2011, p. 19; Lawday, "The Giant of the French Revolution: Danton, A Life", Grove Press, July 12, 2011, p. 28; Hampson, Norman (1988). Danton. New York: Basil Blackwell. pp. 19–25. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  14. Belloc, "Danton; a study", London T. Nelson, 1910, p. 336. facts only, no text reused. archive.org
  15. Dwyer, "Georges Jacques Danton", New York : Chelsea House, 1987. facts only, no text reused. archive.org

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