About Agricol Moureau
Lived 1766 – 1842 (aged 75–76). Agricol Moureau was a French politician, journalist and revolutionary.
Agricol Moureau (born 1766, Avignon - died 1842, Aix-en-Provence) was a figure in the French Revolution.
Defrocked as a priest, he became a Jacobin and edited the Courrier d'Avignon. He set up the département of Vaucluse, acted as the French Directory's administrator of Vaucluse, became a member of the Council of Five Hundred and finally was made a commissioner of the Directory to Paris.
He was nicknamed "the Sans-culotte of Le Midi".
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Who was Agricol Moureau?
Figure in the French Revolution
When was Agricol Moureau born?
Agricol Moureau was born in 1766 in Avignon.
When did Agricol Moureau die?
Agricol Moureau died in 1842 in Aix-en-Provence.
What was Agricol Moureau's occupation?
Agricol Moureau was a politician, journalist and revolutionary.
What nationality was Agricol Moureau?
Agricol Moureau was French.
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