Comte Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot (May 13, 1753-August 2, 1823), the "Organizer of Victory" in the French Revolutionary Wars was a French politician, engineer, and mathematician. Wikipedia
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On the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 , Carnot entered political life. He became a delegate to the Legislative Assembly in 1791 , to the National Convention in 1792 (where he voted in favor of King Louis XVI 's death penalty ), and in 1793 he www.arikah.net/encyclopedia/Lazare_Carnot