French Political Figure. A Doctor who devoted his practice to the poor, he became a deputy during the Second Republic and died at the barricades resisting Napoleon III's coup d'état in December 1851. He was hailed as a martyr to the Republican cause. Entered the Pantheon in 1889.
French Political Figure. A Doctor who devoted his practice to the poor, he became a deputy during the Second Republic and died at the barricades resisting Napoleon III's coup d'état in December 1851. He was hailed as a martyr to the Republican cause. Entered the Pantheon in 1889.
Bio by: David Conway
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