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Joseph-Ignace Guillotin opposed the death penalty and did not invent the Guillotin

Random FactsCuriousOneApril 30, 2015death, Guillotin, guillotine, Inventor, Joseph-Ignace, not, opposed, penaltyComment

Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (French pronunciation: [ɡijɔtɛ̃]; 28 May 1738 – 26 March 1814) was a French physician and freemason who proposed on 10 October 1789 the use of a device to carry out death penalties in France, as a less painful method of execution. While he did not invent the guillotine, and in fact opposed the death penalty, his name became an eponym for it. The actual inventor of the prototype was Antoine Louis. @Curionic

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