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Claude Boniface Collignon (died 1819) was a French attorney who contributed to scientific and social reforms in the time of the Letter to George Washington from Claude-Boniface Collignon, 15 March 1790
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Claude Boniface Collignon (died 1819) was a French attorney who contributed to scientific and social reforms in the time of the French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...
. He was a member of several European academies of sciences, though not the French Academy of Sciences
The French Academy of Sciences (French: ''Académie des sciences'') is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French Scientific me ...
. In 1788 he proposed the introduction of decimal time
Decimal time is the representation of the time of day using units which are decimally related. This term is often used specifically to refer to the time system used in France for a few years beginning in 1792 during the French Revolution, whic ...
. In 1790, perhaps disappointed that the French government had not immediately rewarded him for the plan, he sent his book to George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...
, and proposed to introduce his system in the US./ref>
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