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Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
Physician
1738 – 1814
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Who was Joseph-Ignace Guillotin?
Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin was a French physician who proposed on 10 October 1789 the use of a device to carry out death penalties in France. While he did not invent the guillotine, and in fact opposed the death penalty, his name became an eponym for it. The actual inventor of the prototype was Antoine Louis.
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- Born
- May 28, 1738
Saintes, Charente-Maritime - Nationality
- France
- England
- Profession
- Education
- University of Paris
- University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
- Reims University
- Died
- Mar 26, 1814
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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