Camille Desmoulins

✶March 2, 1760

†April 5, 1794

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Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoît Desmoulins was a French journalist, politician and prominent figure of the French Revolution. He is best known for playing an instrumental role in the events that led to the Storming of the Bastille. Desmoulins was also noted for his radical criticism of the Reign of Terror as the editor of the journal Le Vieux Cordelier. He was a schoolmate and close friend of Maximilien Robespierre and a close friend and political ally of Georges Danton, who were leading figures in the French Revolution.

French journalist, politician and revolutionary (1760-1794)

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