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Pétion de Villeneuve, Jérôme
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Born at Chartres; figured in the French Revolution as a zealous republican, member of the Tiers État, one of the commission to reconduct the royal family from Varennes; was mayor of Paris in the year of the September massacres, 1792; was first President of the Convention, and, though his influence was declining, member of the first Committee of Defence, 1793; his attack on Robespierre proving unsuccessful he committed suicide; his body was afterwards found on the Landes of Bordeaux half devoured by wolves; was surnamed the "Virtuous," as Robespierre the "Incorruptible"; was of the Girondist party; had "unalterable beliefs, not hindmost of them," says Carlyle, "belief in himself" (1783-1793).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pétion de Villeneuve, Jérôme'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/ption-de-villeneuve-jrme.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pétion de Villeneuve, Jérôme'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/ption-de-villeneuve-jrme.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
