A commission led by Edme-Bonaventure Courtois was responsible for documenting the works of this man.
Ernest Hamel wrote an early, sympathetic biography of this man, whose private papers were burned by Simon Duplay, the son of this man's ardent follower Eleonore. A commission led by Edme-Bonaventure Courtois was responsible for documenting the works of this man. Louis de Saint-Just was a close ally of this man. He established a secret "General Police Bureau" months before passing a law that limited the rights of people who appeared before the (*) Revolutionary Tribunal. He attempted to commit suicide and holed himself up in the Hotel de Ville shortly after he was elected President of the Convention. He was arrested and executed during the Thermidorian reaction, and he was a member of the Committee of Public Safety. For 10 points, identify this man who presided over the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
Ernest Hamel wrote an early, sympathetic biography of this man, whose private papers were burned by Simon Duplay, the son of this man's ardent follower Eleonore.
Maximilien Robespierre [or Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre]