Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles was a French judge, freemason and politician who took part in the French Revolution.
Portrait by Jean-Louis Laneuville
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles at age 4 (François-Hubert Drouais)
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Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles
…Portrait by Jean-Louis Laneuville 4th & 24th President of the National Convention In office 8–22 August 1793 Preceded by Georges Danton Succeeded by Maximilien Robespierre In office 1–15 November 1792 Preceded by Élie Guadet Succeeded by Henri Grégoire Personal details Born 20 September 1759 Paris, Kingdom of France Died…
c. 1790 portrait
1794 print with the slogan "Supreme Being, Sovereign People, French Republic". An elderly Voltaire is depicted along with a bust of Brutus and the grave of Rousseau.
Between 1787 and 1789 Robespierre lived in this house, now on Rue Maximilien de Robespierre
The revolutionary decrees passed by the Assembly in August 1789 culminated in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.