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Jean-Charles-Dominique de Lacretelle, the Younger

French historian
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Born:
Sept. 3, 1766, Metz, France
Died:
March 26, 1855, Mâcon (aged 88)
Subjects Of Study:
French Revolution
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Jean-Charles-Dominique de Lacretelle, the Younger (born Sept. 3, 1766, Metz, France—died March 26, 1855, Mâcon) was a French historian and journalist, a pioneer in the historical study of the French Revolution. Summoned in 1787 to Paris by his older brother Pierre, a lawyer and political activist, he became a member of the Feuillants, a party advocating a constitutional monarchy. He wrote for the Journal des Débats and the Journal de Paris, and, when he made no attempt to hide his monarchist sympathies in reporting the trial and death of Louis XVI (1792–93), his life was imperiled. He enlisted in the ...(100 of 269 words)

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