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Antoine Quentin Fouquier de Tinville (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan kɑ̃tɛ̃ fukje tɛ̃vil], 10 June 1746 – 7 May 1795), also called Fouquier-Tinville and nicknamed posthumously the Provider of the Guillotine was a French lawyer and accusateur public of the Revolutionary Tribunal during the French Revolution and Reign of Terror.
Jun 6, 2024 · Antoine-Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (born June 10, 1746, Hérouel, Picardy, Fr.—died May 7, 1795, Paris) was a French Revolutionary lawyer who was public prosecutor of the Revolutionary Tribunal during the Reign of Terror.
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Antoine Quentin Fouquier de Tinville, dit Antoine Fouquier-Tinville [1], surnommé après sa mort le Pourvoyeur de la guillotine [2], né à Herouël [3] le 10 juin 1746 [4] et mort guillotiné à Paris en place de Grève le 7 mai 1795, est un juriste français qui devient le principal accusateur public du Tribunal révolutionnaire.
Antoine Fouquier-Tinville (1747-1795) was the notorious chief prosecutor of Paris’ Revolutionary Tribunal, before and during the Reign of Terror. Born in Picardy, Fouquier-Tinville was a distant cousin of Camille Desmoulins .
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (äNtwän´ käNtăN´ fōōkyā´-tăNvēl´), 1746–95, French revolutionary. A lawyer, he was public prosecutor (Mar., 1793–July, 1794) of the Revolutionary Tribunal; he personified the ruthlessness of the Reign of Terror.
Antoine Fouquier-Tinville (1747-1795) was a Picardy lawyer turned criminal prosecutor. In March 1793, he was appointed as chief public prosecutor in Paris’ Revolutionary Tribunal.
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Revolutionary Tribunal, court that was instituted in Paris by the National Convention during the French Revolution for the trial of political offenders. It became one of the most powerful engines of the Reign of Terror. The news of the failure of the French armies in Belgium gave rise in Paris to.
