David Lawday speculated that this person was dyslexic in a biography that called him "gentle giant."
David Lawday speculated that this person was dyslexic in a biography that called him "gentle giant." He reportedly ordered his wife's body to exhumed after she died giving birth, because he wanted a sculptor to make a death mask of her. His friends included his private secretary Fabre d'Eglantine, who was implicated in the French East India scandal, and his other secretary Camille Desmoulins, who served as his mouthpiece. He resigned as Minister of Justice in the National Convention after the September Massacres, retiring to his home in Arcis. He led a faction known as the "Indulgents" after being replaced by Jacques Hebert as leader of the Cordelier club. Known for declaring "we must dare, dare again, always dare!" in one speech, he asked to have his head shown to the people as he was guillotined. FTP, name this first president of the Committee of Public Safety who died opposing the excesses of the Reign of Terror.
David Lawday speculated that this person was dyslexic in a biography that called him "gentle giant."
Georges (Jacques) Danton