Camille Desmoulins

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French revolutionary human journalist lawyer political writer

Camille Desmoulins was a radical French journalist, lawyer, and revolutionary whose impassioned speeches and writings helped ignite and shape the early stages of the French Revolution.

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Horace Desmoulins 1
Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoît Desmoulins 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French revolutionary ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
political writer ⓘ
acquaintance Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ
advocatedFor clemency toward political prisoners ⓘ
burialPlace Errancis Cemetery, Paris ⓘ
causeOfDeath political execution ⓘ
child Camille Desmoulins self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Horace Desmoulins
closeFriend Georges Danton ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship French First Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1760-03-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1794-04-05 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1790-12-29 ⓘ
educatedAt Lycée Louis-le-Grand ⓘ
surface form: Collège Louis-le-Grand
executionOrderedBy Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
familyName Desmoulins ⓘ
fullName Camille Desmoulins self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoît Desmoulins
givenName Camille ⓘ
ideology democratic radicalism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
knownFor early revolutionary speeches at the Palais-Royal ⓘ
editing the newspaper Le Vieux Cordelier ⓘ
inciting the storming of the Bastille ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution by guillotine ⓘ
memberOf Cordeliers Club ⓘ
National Convention ⓘ
movement French Revolution ⓘ
notableWork Le Vieux Cordelier ⓘ
Révolutions de France et de Brabant ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
pamphleteer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
opposedTo Reign of Terror ⓘ
Bourbon monarchy ⓘ
surface form: monarchy of Louis XVI
participantIn French Revolution ⓘ
Storming of the Bastille ⓘ
surface form: storming of the Bastille
placeOfBirth Guise, Picardy, France ⓘ
placeOfDeath Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
politicalAlignment radical republican ⓘ
politicalFaction Montagnards ⓘ
positionHeld deputy to the National Convention ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Lucile Desmoulins ⓘ
wrote Le Vieux Cordelier ⓘ
Révolutions de France et de Brabant ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Camille Desmoulins → child → Camille Desmoulins self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Horace Desmoulins
Camille Desmoulins → fullName → Camille Desmoulins self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoît Desmoulins
French Revolution → notableLeader → Camille Desmoulins ⓘ
Jacobin Club → notableMember → Camille Desmoulins ⓘ