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Georges Picquart

1854 - 1914

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Marie-Georges Picquart (6 September 1854 – 19 January 1914) was a French Army officer and Minister of War. He is best known for his role in the Dreyfus affair, in which he played a key role in uncovering the real culprit. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Picquart is the 571st most popular military personnel (down from 292nd in 2019), the 1,579th most popular biography from France (down from 858th in 2019) and the 61st most popular French Military Personnel.

Georges Picquart was a French army officer who became famous for his role in the Dreyfus Affair. He was an artillery officer who was assigned to the Statistical Section of the General Staff, an intelligence office that collected and analyzed information about France's enemies. In 1894, Major Henry discovered a letter from an agent of the German military intelligence service, saying that the Germans had a spy in the French army. The spy was soon identified as Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery officer. Picquart was appointed to head the investigation of Dreyfus, and he found evidence that Dreyfus was innocent and that the real spy was someone else.

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Among military personnels, Georges Picquart ranks 571 out of 2,058. Before him are Lian Po, Creighton Abrams, Mikhail Alekseyev, Hossein Salami, Sergey Sokolov, and Milunka Savić. After him are Saburō Sakai, Filipp Golikov, Bo'orchu, Rüdiger von der Goltz, Seishirō Itagaki, and Tamara Bunke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Georges Picquart ranks 26. Before him are Albert Edelfelt, Moritz Moszkowski, Paul Natorp, Léo Taxil, Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Yan Fu. After him are Alphonse Allais, Georg Kerschensteiner, Jean-Marie Guyau, Hubert Lyautey, Thomas R. Marshall, and Otto Sverdrup. Among people deceased in 1914, Georges Picquart ranks 31. Before him are Charles Péguy, John Tenniel, Joseph Chamberlain, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Anatoly Lyadov, and Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Joseph Swan, Albert Günther, Theodor Kittelsen, George Speck, and Christian Morgenstern.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Picquart ranks 1,579 out of 6,770. Before him are Guy de Chauliac (1300), Lolo Ferrari (1963), Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (1746), Jean-François Le Sueur (1760), Michel Serres (1930), and Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers (1609). After him are Robert de Montesquiou (1855), Victorinus (300), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676), Jean Chapelain (1595), and Nicolas de Largillière (1656).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Georges Picquart ranks 61. Before him are Lazare Hoche (1768), Charles Leclerc (1772), Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier (1742), Oenomaus (-105), Aegidius (450), and Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1476). After him are Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon (1754), Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773), Christian de Castries (1902), Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489), Walter Krüger (1890), and Maurice Sarrail (1856).

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