Historical Figures

Bas Philippe (1765 - 1794)

One of Robespierre's admirers, he actively participated in the Terror. Conventional then member of the General Security Committee in 1793. He was a representative on mission to the armies of Sambre-et-Meuse and of the Rhine alongside Saint-Just, to galvanize the troops. Arrested at the same time as his friend Robespierre on 9 Thermidor, he committed suicide by blowing his brains out.