About François-Jacques Guillotte
Lived 1701 – 1766 (aged 64–65). François-Jacques Guillotte was a French police officer and encyclopédistes.
François-Jacques Guillotte (? Paris – 1766 ?, id.) was an 18th-century French police officer and Encyclopédiste.
Life When the Diderot family moved at #6 rue Mouffetard in the Parisian parish of Saint-Médard in April 1746, there lived also François-Jacques Guillotte, a police officer in their vicinity. The two men became friends, they united their common interest in philosophy and in the development of the society of the Ancien régime.
François-Jacques Guillotte wrote the article Pont militaire (military bridge) for the Encyclopédie by Denis Diderot.
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French police officer
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François-Jacques Guillotte was born in 1701 in Paris.
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François-Jacques Guillotte died in 1766 in Paris.
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François-Jacques Guillotte was a police officer and encyclopédistes.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). François-Jacques Guillotte. https://biography.guide/francois-jacques-guillotte/
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