See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

ANTOINE CHRISTOPHE See also:

• ANTOINE CHRISTOPHE MERLIN (1762-1833)
• MERLIN, PHILIPPE ANTOINE, COUNT (1754-1838)

MERLIN (1762-1833)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French revolutionist, called " of Thionville " to distinguish him from his namesake of See also:

• DOUAI

Douai (see below), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Thionville on the 13th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1762, being the son of a procureur in the bailliage of Thionville . After studying See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology, he devoted himself to See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, and in 1788 was an avocet at the See also:

• PARLEMENT (see PARLIAMENT)

parlement of See also:

• METZ

Metz . In 1790 he was elected municipal officer of Thionville, and was sent by the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Moselle to the Legislative See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly . On the 23rd of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1791 he moved and carried the institution of a See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of surveillance, of which he became a member . It was he who proposed the law sequestrating the See also:

• PROPERTY

property of the emigres, and he took an important See also:

• PART

part in the emeute of the loth of See also:

• JUNE

June 1792 and in the revolution of the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August of the same See also:

• YEAR

year . He was elected See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy to the See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

Convention, and pressed for the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVI., but a See also:

• MISSION

mission to the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army prevented his attendance at the trial . He displayed See also:

• GREAT

great bravery in the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of See also:

• MAINZ (Fr. Mayence)

Mainz . He took part in thereaction which followed the faIl of See also:

• ROBESPIERRE, MAXIMILIEN FRANCOIS MARIE ISIDORE DE (175$-1794)

Robespierre, sat in the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council of the Five See also:

• HUNDRED

Hundred under the See also:

• DIRECTORY

Directory, and at the coup d'etat of the 18th Fructidor (See also:

• SEPT

Sept . 4, 1797) demanded the See also:

• DEPORTATION

deportation of certain republican members . In 1798 he ceased to be a member of the Council of Five Hundred, and was appointed director-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of posts, being sent subsequently to organize the army of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . He retired into private See also:

• LIFE

life at the See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation of the consulate, and lived in retirement under the consulate and the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . He died in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 14th of September 1833 .

See J . Reynaud, See also:

• VIE

Vie et correspondance de See also:

• MERLIN, ANTOINE CHRISTOPHE (1762-1833)
• MERLIN, PHILIPPE ANTOINE, COUNT (1754-1838)

Merlin de Thionville (Paris, 186o) .