name: François Guizot
birth_date: 1787-10-04 00:00:00
death_date: 1874-09-12 00:00:00
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about: François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848, a conservative liberal who opposed the attempt by King Charles X to usurp legislative power, and worked to sustain a constitutional monarchy following the July Revolution of 1830.