Philippe-François-Nazaire Fabre d’Églantine
Date of Birth
July 28, 1750
Date of Death
April 5, 1794
About
An actor, playwright and Convention deputy, Fabre d’Églantine proposed the names of the months used in the republican calendar and was closely associated with Danton. Documents in the French East India Company affair implicated him in the alteration of a decree governing the company’s liquidation, from which those involved expected to profit. He was tried in April 1794 alongside Danton, Desmoulins and several others, in proceedings that brought accusations of financial fraud and political conspiracy into the same case. He was convicted and guillotined on 5 April 1794.