Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois

Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois (19 June 1749 in Paris – 8 June 1796 in Cayenne, French Guiana) was a French actor, dramatist, essayist, and revolutionary. He was a member of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror and, while he saved Madame Tussaudfrom the Guillotine, he administered the execution of more than 2,000 people in the city of Lyon. Collot d'Herbois was the 20th President of the National Convention from July 1794 to August 1794.

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