Louis Legendre
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Louis Legendre was a French politician of the Revolution period.
Portrait of Louis Legendre, oil on canvas by Jean-Louis Laneuville, Paris (Musée Carnavalet)
Side view sketching of Louis Legendre, whose portrait was mistakenly used, for nearly 200 years, to represent French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre, i.e., up until 2005 when the mistake was discovered.
Georges Danton
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Georges Jacques Danton was a French politician and leading figure of the French Revolution. A modest and unknown lawyer on the eve of the Revolution, Danton became a famous orator of the Cordeliers Cl
Louis Legendre
…Saint Germain, Paris, by 1789. He was an ardent supporter of the ideas of the Revolution and a leader of the Storming of the Bastille; a close friend of Georges Danton, Legendre was a member of the Jacobin Club, and one of the founders of the club of the Cordeliers. In spite of his diction problems and lack of education…
Georges Jacques Danton. Musée Carnavalet, Paris
Antoinette Gabrielle Charpentier, wife of Danton
The historic Cour du Commerce Saint-Andre in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house at No. 1 was where Georges Danton lived when he was the District President.
Cordeliers University Library – Paris – Front View (formerly Couvent des Cordeliers)