Jacques Guillaume Thouret (30 April 1746 – 22 April 1794) was a French
Girondin
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revolutionary, lawyer, president of the
National Constituent Assembly and victim of the
guillotine
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Biography
Born at
Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados
Pont-l'Évêque () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is known for Pont-l'Évêque cheese, a type of soft cheese, the oldest Normandy cheese in production.
During World War II, the town was ...
(
Normandy
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) to a
notary
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A notary, while a legal professional, is disti ...
father, Thouret became an ''