Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède (; 1760 - 31 October 1793) was a French

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politician. A deputy to the

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from his native city,

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, he voted for the death of

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, denounced the

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and accused

Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat (; born Mara; 24 May 1743 – 13 July 1793) was a French political theorist, physician, and scientist. A journalist and politician during the French Revolution, he was a vigorous defender of the ''sans-culottes'', a radical ...

. He was tried, condemned, and

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d in Paris with the leading

deputies on 31 October 1793. His son

Henri Fonfrède Henri Fonfrède (1788 in Bordeaux – 1841) was a French orator, publicist and economist. He made his name as a publicist defending liberal ideas in Bordeaux's main newspaper under the Bourbon Restoration Bourbon Restoration may refer to: Fra ...

(1788–1841) made his name as a publicist defending liberal ideas in Bordeaux's main newspaper under the

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In literature

Boyer-Fonfrède, together with his best friend, fellow deputy

Jean-François Ducos Jean-François Ducos (26 October 1765, in Bordeaux – 31 October 1793) was a French ''député'' for the Gironde to the Legislative Assembly then the National Convention. Life The son of a merchant in Bordeaux, he was sent to Nantes to learn h ...

, appears in a supporting role in the historical mystery novel ''Palace of Justice'' (2010) by

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