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Georges Auguste Couthon (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ oɡyst kutɔ̃], 22 December 1755 – 28 July 1794) was a French politician and lawyer known for his service as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly during the French Revolution. Couthon was elected to the Committee of Public Safety on 30 May 1793.
Georges Couthon was a close associate of Robespierre and Louis de Saint-Just on the Committee of Public Safety that ruled Revolutionary France during the period of the Jacobin dictatorship and Reign of Terror (1793–94). Couthon became a poor people’s advocate at Clermont-Ferrand in 1788.
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Georges Auguste Couthon (1755-1794) was a radical Jacobin and a member of the CPS, famous for drafting the notorious Law of 22 Prairial.
Georges Auguste Couthon was a French politician and lawyer known for his service as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly during the French Revolution. Couthon was elected to the Committee of Public Safety on 30 May 1793.
Georges Auguste Couthon, également connu sous le nom d’Aristide Couthon [1], est un avocat, homme politique et révolutionnaire français, né le 22 décembre 1755 à Orcet, guillotiné le 28 juillet 1794, place de la Révolution, à Paris.
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