Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French botanist, lawyer, and politician (born 1763)

Pierre Gaspard Chaumette

18th-century French politician

Pierre Gaspard Anaxagore Chaumette was a French politician of the Revolutionary period who served as the president of the Paris Commune and played a leading role in the establishment of the Reign of Terror. He was a leader of the radical Hébertistes of the revolution, an ardent…