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Joseph-Ignace Guillotin

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Death210 years ago
Date of birth May 28,1738
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Saintes
France
Date of died March 26,1814
DiedParis
France
Place of burialPère Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France
Known forProposing a painless method for executions, inspiring the guillotine
NationalityEnglish
French
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Joseph-Ignace Guillotin Life story


Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin was a French physician, politician and freemason who proposed on 10 October 1789 the use of a device to carry out death penalties in France, as a less painful method of execution.

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