Joseph-Ignace Guillotin

Doctor

Birthday May 28, 1738

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace France

DEATH DATE Mar 26, 1814 (75)

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About

French physician best known for proposing the idea of executing prisoners using the bladed device that has come to be known as the "guillotine".

Before Fame

He won the title of Doctor-Regent while a member of the faculty at Rheims.

Trivia

Despite the fact that the guillotine was named after him, it was Antoine Louis, not Guillotin, who invented the prototype.

Family Life

His family was so ashamed of their association with the guillotine that they petitioned the French government to re-name it.

Associated With

He and Benjamin Franklin were both part of a commission to investigate the idea of "animal magnetism".

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