Camille+Desmoulins


 * Camille** **Desmoulins** **March 2, 1760 – April 5, 1794)**

Camille Desmoulins was born in Guise,Aisne,Picardy.His father was a rural lawyer and lieutenant-general of the tiny province of Guise. Through the help a friend he was able to get a scholarship for the young Camille so he could enter the [|Collège Louis-le-Grand] in Paris.At school Desmoulins became an excellent student even among his peers schoolmates like [|Maximilien Robespierre] and [|Louis-Marie Stanislas Fréron]. He was encouraged by his father to be a lawyer but his provocative manner and stammer were not well suited to the legal profession so he decided to write instead. his interest in politics led him to that career.Desmoulins was voted deputy from the bailliage of Guise He came to [|Laon] as a commissioner for the election of deputies to the [|Estates-General]. As a witness of the procession of the Three Estates on May 5, 1789, Desmoulins wrote a response, an //Ode aux Etats Generaux// and later [|Mirabeau] enlisted him to write for his newspaper.On July 12, 1789 Camille Desmoulins jumped on a table and he addressed the passions of the public, calling them to "//...take up arms and adopt cockades by which we may know each other//" he caused several riots and then the rioters up taking arms on July 14 rioters stormed the Bastille.After the execution of Girondist leaders Desmoulins, along with Georges [|Danton], counseled moderation, publishing the journal //Le Vieux Cordelier.// He was arrested with Danton and others and was executed. His beautiful wife, Lucile Duplessis, was guillotined shortly after. media type="youtube" key="BbpXOM4SbGM?fs=1" height="385" width="480"