Back پير ڤيكتورنين ڤيرجنياود ARZ Pierre Vergniaud Czech Pierre Vergniaud German Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud Spanish Pierre Vergniaud Finnish Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud French Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud Italian ピエール・ヴェルニヨ Japanese 피에르 베르니오 Korean Petrus Victurnianus Vergniaud Latin
Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud | |
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 Portrait attributed to Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1792 | |
| 9th President of the National Convention | |
| In office 10 January 1793 – 24 January 1793 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Baptiste Treilhard |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 May 1753 Limoges, France |
| Died | 31 October 1793 (aged 40) Paris, France |
| Cause of death | Execution by guillotine |
| Political party | Girondist faction |
| Education | Collège du Plessis |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
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Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ viktyʁnjɛ̃ vɛʁɲo]; 31 May 1753 – 31 October 1793) was a French lawyer and statesman, a figure of the French Revolution. A deputy to the Assembly from Bordeaux, Vergniaud was an eloquent orator. He was a supporter of Jacques Pierre Brissot and the Girondist faction.[1]
- ^ Doyle, William (1989); The Oxford History of the French Revolution; Clarendon Press; ISBN 0-19-822781-7. See p.238: "...in 1791 the department of the Gironde had sent eloquent radicals like Vergniaud... to the National Assembly." See also p.276: "Brissot and his most vocal supporters, who included a particularly eloquent group of deputies from Bordeaux, notably Vergniaud...."
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