First President of the Committee of Public Safety and a leading figure in the French Revolution. His role in the Revolution, however, has been disputed.
Before Fame His first appearance in the Revolution was as President of the Cordeliers club.
Trivia He allied with the Girondist movement.
Family Life He was sentenced to death by means of guillotine by the advocates of the revolutionary terror. He married Antoinette Charpentier in 1787 and had three sons. Read More...
Children tumble off a yellow school bus, where every other seat is marked with caution tape. Wearing whimsical masks—one has whiskers, another rhinestones—they wait to get their temperatures checked before filing into the one-story school building. Inside Wesley Elementary in Middletown, Conn., plastic shields rise from desks, and cartoon posters exhort children to ᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏᴜɢʜ. In the middle of a lesson, teacher Susan Velardi picks up her laptop and pans it so her students can see the screen. Read More...