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Marquis de Condorcet

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Marquis de Condorcet

Original Name
Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicola de Caritat
Birth
Ribemont, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France
Death
29 Mar 1794 (aged 50)
Bourg-la-Reine, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Burial
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Plot
Cell 7
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Scientist. Known as the Marquis de Condorcet, he was an acclaimed mathematician, Encyclopaedist, former Jacobin and anti-slavery proponent. He opposed the execution of Louis XVI. A warrant was issued for his arrest in 1793 and he went into hiding, only to be captured in 1794 after his Jacobin friends denied him asylum. He died in jail the day after his imprisonment. Entered Pantheon in 1989.
Scientist. Known as the Marquis de Condorcet, he was an acclaimed mathematician, Encyclopaedist, former Jacobin and anti-slavery proponent. He opposed the execution of Louis XVI. A warrant was issued for his arrest in 1793 and he went into hiding, only to be captured in 1794 after his Jacobin friends denied him asylum. He died in jail the day after his imprisonment. Entered Pantheon in 1989.

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2001
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21593/marquis_de-condorcet: accessed ), memorial page for Marquis de Condorcet (17 Sep 1743–29 Mar 1794), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21593, citing Panthéon, Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France; Maintained by Find a Grave.