Nicolas de Condorcet (Marie-Jean-Antoine Nicolas de Caritat) (1743-1794). Marquis of Condorcet. French philosopher and mathematician. During the French Revolution he sided with the Girondins. In 1791 was elected representative of Paris in the Legislative Assembly. Sentenced for treason, he was arrested after five months in hiding in Paris in the house of Madame Vernet. Condorcet was found dead on 29 March 1794 in his cell in Bourg-la-Reine prison, only two days after entering it. Death of Condorcet. Drawing by E. Viollat. Drawing by E. Viollat. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.
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Nicolas de Condorcet (Marie-Jean-Antoine Nicolas de Caritat) (1743-1794). Marquis of Condorcet. French philosopher and mathematician. During the French Revolution he sided with the Girondins. In 1791 was elected representative of Paris in the Legislative Assembly. Sentenced for treason, he was arrested after five months in hiding in Paris in the house of Madame Vernet. Condorcet was found dead on 29 March 1794 in his cell in Bourg-la-Reine prison, only two days after entering it. Death of Condorcet. Drawing by E. Viollat. Drawing by E. Viollat. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

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