Georges Picquart

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Georges Picquart was a French army officer and whistleblower who exposed the wrongful conviction of Alfred Dreyfus, playing a central role in the Dreyfus affair.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French army officer
human
whistleblower
awardReceived Légion d'honneur NERFINISHED
burialPlace Cimetière du Montparnasse
Paris
causeOfDeath riding accident
conflict Franco-Prussian War
World War I (early months, as minister)
contributedTo overturning the wrongful conviction of Alfred Dreyfus
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1854-09-06
dateOfDeath 1914-01-19
detainedBy French military authorities
educatedAt École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr
École Supérieure de Guerre
employer French Ministry of War
familyName Picquart
givenName Georges NERFINISHED
hasEthnicGroup French
hasMoralCharacteristic courage
integrity
involvedIn exoneration campaign for Alfred Dreyfus
knownFor demonstrating that evidence against Alfred Dreyfus was forged
identifying Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy as the real author of the incriminating bordereau
memberOf French Army
militaryBranch French Army infantry
militaryRank general
movement French Third Republic politics
notableFor central role in the Dreyfus affair
notableWork exposure of the wrongful conviction of Alfred Dreyfus
occupation military officer
politician
opposedTo antisemitism in the French Army
participantIn Dreyfus affair
placeOfBirth Alsace
France
Strasbourg
placeOfDeath Amiens NERFINISHED
France
positionHeld Minister of War of France
deputy in the French Chamber of Deputies
head of the French Army’s intelligence section
reasonForDetention his efforts to reopen the Dreyfus case
religion Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male
workLocation Paris

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
French General Staff
French General Staff ("Marie-Georges Picquart")
employed
Dreyfus affair
involves

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