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Robespierre

American  
[rohbz-peer, -pee-air, raw-bes-pyer] / ˈroʊbz pɪər, -piˌɛər, rɔ bɛsˈpyɛr /

noun

  1. Maximilien François Marie Isidore de 1758–94, French lawyer and revolutionary leader.

Robespierre British  
/ ˈrəʊbzpjɛə, rɔbzpjɛr /

noun

  1. Maximilien François Marie Isidore de . (maksimiljɛ̃ frɑ̃swa mari izidɔr də). 1758–94, French revolutionary and Jacobin leader: established the Reign of Terror as a member of the Committee of Public Safety (1793–94): executed in the coup d'état of Thermidor (1794)

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Robespierre Cultural  

  1. A French political leader of the eighteenth century. Robespierre, a Jacobin, was one of the most radical leaders of the French Revolution. He was in charge of the government during the Reign of Terror, when thousands of persons were executed without trial. After a public reaction against his extreme policies, he was executed without trial.

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Not much later, Maximilien Robespierre claimed to be ready “to trace with my blood the route which must lead my country to happiness and to Liberty.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In a final, unsent letter, addressed to Maximilien Robespierre, she wrote, “speak; it is something to know one’s fate, and with a soul like mine, one is capable of envisaging it.”

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He began as a Royal Academician, became an ardent revolutionary, barely escaped execution after the fall of Robespierre, went on to be Napoleon’s chief propagandist, and ended life a political exile.

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None of the figures Mr. Hardman discusses, including Maximilien Robespierre, the provincial lawyer known for his inflexible character and unity of purpose, could break the pattern.

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Prominent French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre met the same fate a year later.

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