See also:

• PRIEUR, PIERRE (c. 1626-c. 1676)

PRIEUR DE LA See also:

• MARNE

MARNE [See also:

• PIERRE

PIERRE 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 PRIEUR] (1756-1827)  , See also:

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

French politician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Sommesous (See also:

• MARNE

Marne) on the 1st of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1756 . He practised as a lawyer at Chalonssur-Marne until 1789, when he was elected to the states-See also:

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

general . He became secretary to the See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly, and the violence of his attacks on the ancien regime won him the See also:

• NICKNAME

nickname of " Crieur de la Marne." In 1791 he became See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the criminal tribunal of 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 . Re-elected to the See also:

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

Convention, he was sent to See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy, where he directed See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter See also:

• REPRISALS (Fr. represailles, from reprendre; Lat. reprehendere, to take back)

reprisals against the Federalists . He voted for the See also:

• DEATH

death 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., and as a member of the committees of See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

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

defence and of public safety he was despatched in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1793 to See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany, where he established the Terror . In May 1794 he became president of the Convention . The See also:

• COUNTER

counter-revolutionaries drove him into hiding from May 1795 until the See also:

• AMNESTY (from the Gr. &µvrly-ria, oblivion)

amnesty proclaimed in the autumn of that See also:

• YEAR

year . He took no See also:

• PART

part in public affairs under the See also:

• DIRECTORY

directory, the consulate or the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, and in 1816 was banished as a See also:

• REGICIDE (Lat. rex, a king, and caedere, to kill)

regicide . He died in See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels on the 31st of May 1827 . See See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre Bliard, Le Conventionnel See also:

• PRIEUR, PIERRE (c. 1626-c. 1676)

Prieur de la Marne en See also:

• MISSION

mission clans l'ouest 1793-1994 d'aprbs See also:

• DES

des documents inedits (1906) . PRIEUR-DUVERNOIS, See also:

• CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)

CLAUDE See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

ANTOINE, See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

COMTE (1763-1832), French politician, was born at See also:

• AUXONNE

Auxonne on the 2nd of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1763, and was commonly known as Prieur de la Cote d'Or, after his native See also:

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

department . As an officer of See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

engineers he presented to the National Assembly in 1790 a Memoire on the standardization of weights and See also:

• MEASURES

measures .

In 1791 he was returned by the Cote d'Or to the Legislative Assembly, and in 1792 to the Convention . After the revolution of the loth of August 1792 he was sent on a mission to the See also:

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

army of the Rhineto announce the deposition of Louis XVI., for whose death he voted in the Convention . In 1793 he was employed in breaking up the Federalist See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement in Normandy, but he was arrested by the Federalist authorities of See also:

• CAEN

Caen, and only released in See also:

• JULY

July 1793 after the defeat of their forces at See also:

• VERNON
• VERNON, EDWARD (1684-1757)

Vernon . On the 14th of August 1793 he became a member of the 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 public safety, where he allied himself closely with Lazare See also:

• CARNOT, LAZARE EIPPOLYTE (18ot-1888)
• CARNOT, MARIE FRANCOIS SADI (1837-1894)
• CARNOT, SADI NICOLAS LEONHARD (1796-1832)

Carnot in the organization of national defence, being especially charged with the See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision of the munitions of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . Under the Direc• tory he 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, retiring after the coup d'etat of 18 See also:

• BRUMAIRE

Brumaire (See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 9, 1799) . In ,8o8 he was created a See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of the empire, and in 1811 he retired from the army with the grade of chef de See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade . He was one of the founders of the Ecole Polytechnique, and shared in the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France; the See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of the metric See also:

• SYSTEM

system and the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the See also:

• BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

bureau of See also:

• LONGITUDE (from Lat. longitudo, " length ")

longitude were also due to his efforts . Prieur died at See also:

• DIJON

Dijon on the 1th of August 1832 . See J . See also:

• GROS, ANTOINE JEAN, BARON (1771–1835)

Gros, Le Comite de salut public (1893) ; and E . Charavay, Correspondance de Carnot, vol. i., which includes some documents See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up by Prieur .