Blanquist iron founder of the International who became a Commune general and was shot after capture in the march on Versailles
Born in Paris in 1840, an iron founder and mutualist, he joined the International Workingmen's Association in 1867 and belonged to the Blanquist fighting groups. In April 1870 he led a victorious founders' strike and was sentenced to two months in the third trial of the International. Freed on 4 September, he became a delegate to the Republican Central Committee of the Twenty Arrondissements and took part in the risings of 31 October 1870 and 22 January 1871. In the rising of 18 March he took much of the Left Bank and the Prefecture of Police, and he was elected to the Commune council for the 13th arrondissement, sitting on its military and executive commissions. Named a general of the Commune on 3 April, he marched on Versailles, was surrounded on the Châtillon plateau and surrendered, and despite a promise of quarter was shot on General Vinoy's order.
Activities and affiliations
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1867–1871
International Workingmen's Association (First International)
Social movements and organizing -
1870–1871
Republican Central Committee of the Twenty Arrondissements
Social movements and organizing -
1871
Paris Commune (1871)General of the CommuneMain
Military command -
1871
Paris Commune (1871)Commune member
Government and administration
Career Timeline
- 1867Joined the International
- 1870Led the founders' strike; third trial of the International
- 1871Commune member for the 13th arrondissement; general of the Commune