Jean-François Rewbell

Jean-François Reubell (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa ʁøbɛl]) or Rewbell (6 October 1747 – 24 November 1807) was a French lawyer, diplomat, and politician of the Revolution.

The revolutionary

Born at

Estates-General by the Third Estate of the bailliage of Colmar-Schlestadt.^[1]

In the National Constituent Assembly his oratory, legal knowledge and austerity of life gave him much influence.^[1] A partisan of revolutionary reforms, Rewbell voted in favor of reforms such as the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, but opposed the recognition of citizenship rights for Alsatian Jews.

In July 1791, after the flight of

Electorate of the Palatinate and other territories with France.^{[citation needed]} A zealous promoter of the Trial of Louis XVI, he was absent on mission at the time of the king's condemnation.^[1]

Directorate and retirement

He took part in the

moderation caused his election by seventeen départements to the Council of Five Hundred

.

Appointed a member of the

Second Coalition

.

After

18 Brumaire he retired from public life, and died at Colmar.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rewbell, Jean François". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 225.

L. Sciout, Le Directoire (Paris, 1895—97).

[EB1911-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rewbell, Jean François". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 225.

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