Jean-Pierre-André Amar
Jean-Pierre-André Amar or Jean-Baptiste-André Amar (May 11, 1755 – December 21, 1816) was a French political figure of the
Life
Early activities
Born in a rich family of cloth merchants in Grenoble, Amar was the son of the former Director of the Mint.[1] He became a lawyer for the local parlement in 1774. In 1786, he purchased the title of Trésorier de France for the tax region of the Dauphiné, which gave him a title in the French nobility, for 200,000 livres.[2]
In 1789, he was one of the founders of the Grenoble patriotic society, which in December of that year published the first edition of La Vedette des Alpes.
Prominence
Sent on mission with
Liquidation Scandal
In November 1793 the Convention charged him, together with
Later life
Arrested himself as a former partisan of Terror (April 2, 1795), on May 26.
He retired from public life, and lived most of his remaining years in Isère and Savoie, discovering devotional mysticism based on the works of Emanuel Swedenborg. When the Bourbon dynasty returned to power, he was not banished like other members of the Convention[13] He died in Paris.
Notes
- ^ Chronicle of the French Revolution p.28 Longman Group 1989
- ^ Chronicle of the French Revolution p.28 Longman Group 1989
- ^ Chronicle of the French Revolution p.134 Longman Group 1989
- ^ Chronicle of the French Revolution p.366 Longman Group 1989
- ^ Chronicle of the French Revolution p.370 Longman Group 1989
- OCLC 40700655.
- ^ Chronicle of the French Revolution p.385 Longman Group 1989
- ^ Chronicle of the French Revolution p.413 Longman Group 1989
- ^ Matrat, J. Robespierre Angus & Robertson 1971 p.242
- ^ Thompson, J.M., Robespierre p.555 Basil Blackwell 1988
- ^ Chronicle of the French Revolution p.474 Longman Group 1989
- ^ Chronicle of the French Revolution p.515 Longman Group 1989
- ^ Chronicle of the French Revolution p.663 Longman Group 1989
Sources
- Albert Soboul, Dictionnaire historique de la Révolution française, PUF 1989.
- Jean Tulard, Jean-François Fayard et Alfred Fierro, Histoire et dictionnaire de la Révolution française. 1789–1799, éd. Robert Laffont, coll. « Bouquins », Paris, 1987,1998 [détail de l’édition]
- Archives parlementaires de 1787 à 1860: recueil complet des débats législatifs et politiques des Chambres françaises. First series, 1787 à 1799. Tomes LV, LVI, LVII, LX, LXI, LXII, LXV, LXVI, LXIX, LXX et LXXI.
- Documents historiques sur les origines de la Révolution dauphinoise de 1788 Grenoble, 1888, p. 76–90 for relation to Freemasony.
External links
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