Pierre LeBrun and the Liégeois Revolution, 1754–1792

Pierre LeBrun was born in 1754 in Noyon in the French province of Picardy near the Franco-Belgian frontier, the son of a poor churchwarden. 1 Despite his humble beginnings, he was early recognized as an outstanding student, and by 1766 the local cathedral awarded him a scholarship to attend the prestigious Collège of Louis-le-Grand in Paris. There he achieved great academic distinction in the classics, mathematics, and the sciences and eagerly discussed the works of Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu, and the authors of the Encyclopédie , absorbing the Enlightenment ideas that would drive his future career as a journalist, political activist, and statesman. In this heady environment, LeBrun also became acquainted with such other future revolutionaries as Maximilien Robespierre, Camille Desmoulins, and Stanislas Fréron. After his graduation, LeBrun first pursued a career in mathematics and astronomy at the Royal Observatory in Paris. In 1779, however, for reasons unknown, he abruptly enlisted in the French army—an apparently unhappy choice, as after two years he deserted. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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