Andreas Joseph Hofmann
Philosopher, Deceased Person
1752 – 1849
Who was Andreas Joseph Hofmann?
Andreas Joseph Hofmann was a German philosopher and revolutionary active in the Republic of Mainz. As Chairman of the Rhenish-German National Convention, the earliest parliament in Germany based on the principle of popular sovereignty, he proclaimed the first republican state in Germany, the Rhenish-German Free State, on March 18, 1793. A strong supporter of the French Revolution, he argued for an accession of all German territory west of the Rhine to France and served in the administration of the department Mont-Tonnerre under the French Directory and the French Consulate.
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- Born
- Jul 14, 1752
Zell am Main - Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Lived in
- Bavaria
- Died
- Sep 6, 1849
Oestrich-Winkel
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on July 23, 2013
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