Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (May 28, 1738 - March 26, 1814) proposed on October 10, 1789 the use of a mechanical device to carry out death penalties in France. While he did not invent the guillotine, his name became an eponym for it. From 1756 until 1762 Guillotin got his formation as Master of Arts as a member of the Jesuit order. He became professor of literature at Irish College in Bordeaux, … Wikipedia
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May 28, 1738 - March 28,1814 French physician, president of the Chamber of the Provinces in 1775, founder of the French Acadamy of Medicine, and deputy to the French assembly in 1789, Dr. Guillotin neither invented nor met his death by the guillotine. As freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/guillotin_j/guillotin_j.html
