Jean Sylvain Bailly
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Jean Sylvain Bailly was a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution. He presided over the Tennis Court Oath, served as the mayor of Paris from 1789 to 1791, and was ultimately guillotined during the Reign of Terror.
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Front page of the 1777 copy of "Discourse on the Origin of the Sciences and the Peoples of Asia"
Sketch by Jacques-Louis David of the Tennis Court Oath. Bailly is pictured in the centre, facing the viewer, his right hand raised.
J.S.Bailly, by Garneray and Alix, after David scene above
Bailly on the guillotineScientists from France 6
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FranceCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1736 to 1793 · aged 57
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