Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai

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Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai was a French lawyer, revolutionary politician, and prominent member of the French Directory who played a key role in shaping legal and political reforms during the French Revolution.

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Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French politician
human
lawyer
revolutionary
alsoKnownAs Merlin de Douai
authored legal commentaries on French revolutionary legislation
birthCountry France
birthDate 1754-10-30
birthPlace Douai
citizenship France
deathCountry France
deathDate 1838-12-14
deathPlace Paris
educatedAt University of Douai
familyName Merlin
fieldOfWork law
legislative reform
politics
gender male
givenName Philippe-Antoine
movement French Revolution
nativeLanguage French
notableFor influence on French civil and criminal law reforms
participation in the French Directory government
role in drafting revolutionary legislation
occupation jurist
lawyer
politician
participatedIn French Revolution
politicalAlignment Jacobin Club
surface form: Jacobin

Montagnards
surface form: Montagnard
positionHeld Minister of Justice of France
Minister of the Interior of France
deputy to the Council of Five Hundred
deputy to the National Convention
member of the French Directory
practicedLawIn Douai
returnedTo Restoration France
surface form: France after the Bourbon Restoration
supported abolition of feudal privileges
republican form of government
wasExiledTo Belgium
Germany
wasMemberOf Committee of Public Safety
Conseil des Cinq-Cents
surface form: Council of Five Hundred

French Directory
National Convention

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Description of subject: Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai was a French lawyer, revolutionary politician, and prominent member of the French Directory who played a key role in shaping legal and political reforms during the French Revolution.

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Directory notableLeader Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai
Directory (France) notableLeader Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai
Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII directorForcedToResign Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai
Directory (collective) keyFigure Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai
Director (French Directory) officeHolder Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai
subject surface form: French Directory