Pierre-François-Joseph Robert (; 21 January 1763 – 13 April 1826) was a lawyer, politician and professor of public law at the société philosophique, journalist. He was born in Gimnée in the

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and died in

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Life

Robert was secretary to

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for a time, and was above all interested in financial affairs, working as a munitions supplier to the French army until 1808. He was the son of Jean-François Robert and Catherine Douhomme. He married

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and their daughter, Adélaïde Robert, married the famous Belgian musicologist

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. In July 1790 he was one of the founders of the

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, and was also inscribed among the members of the Société des amis de la Constitution, the Société Fraternelle des

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and the Club des

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. In April 1791, he became president of the

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and, under his influence, women were admitted. In May 1791, François Robert was in charge of federating the popular societies within a central committee, of which he was elected president - however, the Jacobins refused to adhere to his central committee. He was himself elected to the

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as deputy for Paris and voted for the death of

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on 20 January 1793. Thus, on the Bourbon Restoration, he was forced to leave France in 1815 and ended up as a liqueur merchant in Belgium, though he was named sub-prefect of

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during the

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References

* 1791
''Avantages de la fuite de Louis XVI, et nécessité d'un nouveau gouvernement''
* 1792
''Opinion de François Robert, député de département de Paris, concernant le jugement de Louis XVI''
* 1792
''F. Robert, député du département de Paris, à ses commettans''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Robert, Pierre-Francois-Joseph 1763 births 1826 deaths 18th-century jurists from the Holy Roman Empire Deputies to the French National Convention Regicides of Louis XVI People from Namur (province)