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Birthday
(Wednesday)
Died
Nationality
Languages
French
Children
2 children
Education
University of Bordeaux, University of Paris
Zodiac Sign
♊ Gemini
Chinese Zodiac
马 Horse
Name Origin
English < Biblical Hebrew (יוֹסֵף)
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Joseph-Ignace Guillotin: French physician (1738-1814).
Born in Saintes (died at age 75).
Studied at University of Bordeaux.
The name Joseph means hebrew for "He will enlarge, God will increase".
Biography
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin was a French physician, politician, and freemason who proposed on 10 October 1789 the use of a device to carry out executions in France, as a less painful method of execution than existing methods. Although he did not invent the guillotine and opposed the death penalty, his name became an eponym for it. The actual inventor of the prototype was a French physician, Antoine Louis.
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Joseph-Ignace Guillotin was born in Saintes.
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