Claude Antoine, comte Prieur-Duvernois
Claude Antoine,
Life
Early life and revolutionary beginnings
Born in
In 1791, the Côte-d'Or re-elected him to the
In 1793 he served as a
Committee of Public Safety
On 14 August 1793, he became a member of the Committee of Public Safety, where he allied himself with Lazare Carnot in the organization of national defence.[1] His role included providing munitions for the troops engaged in the French Revolutionary Wars.[2] Prieur worked closely with prominent scientists in France. The Committee worked with several notable French scientists, including Lagrange, Lamarck, and Vandermonde.[3] Prieur and Carnot advocated the use of observation balloons in war after some experiments in Meudon. This led to their deployment at the Battle of Fleurus.[4]
With Carnot, Prieur aligned with the Reign of Terror, and voted in favor of Georges Danton's execution. As the Committee collapsed, Prieur aligned with Carnot and Lindet, the two other specialists in the Committee.[5]
Prieur retained his seat after the
Directory and Empire
Under the
Prieur-Duvernois was one of the founders of the
References
- ^ a b c d e f Chisholm 1911.
- ISBN 0-8021-3272-3.
- ISBN 0-691-05119-4.
- ISBN 0-691-05119-4.
- ISBN 0-691-05119-4.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Prieur-Duvernois, Claude Antoine, Comte". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 323. This, in turn, gives as references:
- J. Gros, Le Comité de salut public (1893)
- E. Charavay, Correspondance de Carnot, vol. i., which includes some documents drawn up by Prieur.
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