Jean-Antoine Roucher (1745-1794). French poet. During the Reign of Terror he wrote several articles against the revolution, which led to his arrest on October 4, 1793. Roucher was imprisoned in Saint-Lazare Prison. Accused of being the leader of a conspiracy among the prisoners at Saint-Lazare, he was guillotined on 25 July 1794 (7 Thermidor year II). Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.
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Jean-Antoine Roucher (1745-1794). French poet. During the Reign of Terror he wrote several articles against the revolution, which led to his arrest on October 4, 1793. Roucher was imprisoned in Saint-Lazare Prison. Accused of being the leader of a conspiracy among the prisoners at Saint-Lazare, he was guillotined on 25 July 1794 (7 Thermidor year II). Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

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19e siècle

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Jean-Antoine Roucher poet writer author literature history France French portrait engraving Pannemaker 18th century French Revolution Reign of Terror Terror conspiracy Saint Lazare prison capital punishment counter-revolutionary

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