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  2. Maximilien Robespierre | Biography, French Revolution, Reign of...

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    Maximilien Robespierre (born May 6, 1758, Arras, France—died July 28, 1794, Paris) was a radical Jacobin leader and one of the principal figures in the French Revolution. In the latter months of 1793, he came to dominate the Committee of Public Safety, the principal organ of the Revolutionary government during the Reign of Terror, but in 1794 ...

  3. Maximilien Robespierre - Wikipedia

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    Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (French: [maksimiljɛ̃ ʁɔbɛspjɛʁ]; 6 May 1758 – 10 Thermidor, Year II 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and statesman, widely recognized as one of the most influential and controversial figures of the French Revolution.

  4. Maximilien Robespierre - World History Encyclopedia

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    Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) was one of the primary figures of the French Revolution (1789-1799). After rising to prominence in the radical Jacobin Club, he dominated the French Republic during the Reign of Terror, overseeing the executions of counter-revolutionary suspects.

  5. Maximilien de Robespierre - Death, Quotes & Facts - Biography

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    Who Was Maximilien de Robespierre? Maximilien de Robespierre was a radical Jacobin leader and one of the principal figures in the French Revolution. In the latter months of 1793, he came to...

  6. Maximilien Robespierre: The bloody tyrant behind the French...

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    When people hear the name Maximilien Robespierre, they react with either reverence or revulsion. A lawyer turned revolutionary, his impassioned speeches and unyielding principles helped shape the very core of the French Revolution, only to spiral into the infamous Reign of Terror.

  7. Maximilien de Robespierre summary | Britannica

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    Maximilien de Robespierre, (born May 6, 1758, Arras, France—died July 28, 1794, Paris), French revolutionary. A successful lawyer in Arras (1781–89), he was elected to the National Assembly (1789), where he became notorious as an outspoken radical in favour of individual rights.

  8. Who was Maximilien Robespierre? | Britannica

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    Maximilien Robespierre was a radical democrat and key figure in the French Revolution of 1789. Robespierre briefly presided over the influential Jacobin Club, a political club based in Paris. He also served as president of the National Convention and on the Committee of Public Safety.

  9. Maximilien Marie Isidore Robespierre | Encyclopedia.com

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    The French Revolutionary leader Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794) was the spokesman for the policies of the dictatorial government that ruled France during the crisis brought on by civil and foreign war.

  10. Historic Figures: Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) - BBC

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    Maximilien Robespierre © Robespierre was a French lawyer and politician who became one of the most influential figures of the French Revolution. Maximilien Marie Isidore de Robespierre was...

  11. Maximilien Robespierre - New World Encyclopedia

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    Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (May 6, 1758 – July 28, 1794) was one of the primary leaders of the French Revolution. His supporters knew him as "the Incorruptible" because of his austere moral devotion to revolutionary political change.