Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (died 1794)

Camille Desmoulins

18th-century French journalist, politician, and revolutionary

Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoît Desmoulins was a French journalist, politician and a prominent figure of the French Revolution. He is best known for playing an instrumental role in the events that led to the Storming of the Bastille. Desmoulins was also noted for his radical…