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| Simon, Antoine |
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(äNtwän´ s môN´) (KEY) , 173694, French revolutionary, often called the shoemaker, a member of the Commune of Paris. He and his wife guarded the dauphin, Louis XVII, in prison. Their reputed brutality and coarseness made them infamous. A friend of Maximilien Robespierre and Jean Paul Marat, Simon was executed after the coup of 9 Thermidor. |
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