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Georges Couthon

1755 - 1794

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Georges Auguste Couthon (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ oɡyst kutɔ̃], 22 December 1755 – 28 July 1794) was a French politician and lawyer known for his service as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly during the French Revolution. Couthon was elected to the Committee of Public Safety on 30 May 1793. Along with his close associate Louis Antoine de Saint-Just and Maximilien Robespierre, he formed an unofficial triumvirate within the committee which wielded power during the Reign of Terror until the three were arrested and executed in 1794 during the Thermidorian Reaction. A Freemason, Couthon played an important role in the development of the Law of 22 Prairial, which was responsible for a sharp increase in the number of executions of accused counter-revolutionaries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Couthon is the 2,929th most popular politician (down from 2,530th in 2019), the 912th most popular biography from France (down from 845th in 2019) and the 212th most popular French Politician.

Georges Couthon was a French lawyer and politician who was a leading member of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror. He is most famous for his role in the trial and execution of King Louis XVI.

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Among politicians, Georges Couthon ranks 2,929 out of 19,576. Before him are Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Reccared I, Urukagina, George V of Hanover, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, and Gennady Yanayev. After him are Emperor Kōan, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Pepin of Italy, Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem, Ko Yong-hui, and Sigebert I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Georges Couthon ranks 11. Before him are Axel von Fersen the Younger, Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Hahnemann, Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, James Parkinson, and Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. After him are Anthony of Saxony, Giovanni Battista Viotti, François Joseph Lefebvre, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, and Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy. Among people deceased in 1794, Georges Couthon ranks 13. Before him are Edward Gibbon, Camille Desmoulins, Élisabeth of France, Georg Forster, Alexandre de Beauharnais, and André Chénier. After him are William Jones, Jacques Hébert, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Nicolas Chamfort, Gregory Skovoroda, and Augustin Robespierre.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Couthon ranks 912 out of 6,770. Before him are Georges Rouault (1871), Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764), Pierre Boulle (1912), Alix of France (1151), Célestin Freinet (1896), and Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790). After him are Eleanor of Provence (1223), Martin Schongauer (1450), François Mansart (1598), Jean Casimir-Perier (1847), Juliette Gréco (1927), and Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Georges Couthon ranks 212. Before him are Louis the Blind (880), Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754), Sigismund of Burgundy (500), Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838), Theuderic II (587), and Alix of France (1151). After him are Jean Casimir-Perier (1847), Léon Gambetta (1838), Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy (1143), Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677), Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (1802), and Francis, Count of Vendôme (1470).

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