Gilbert Romme
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Gilbert Romme (March 26, 1750-June 17, 1795) was a French politician.
He was born in Riom, France. After five years in Paris he went to Russia as the tutor of the son of A.S. Stroganoff. He was back in Paris in 1788.
Elected in 1791 at the Legislative Assembly he first went with the Girondists but soon was attracted to the Montagnards at the Comité d'Instruction Publique.
At the trial of Louis XVI he voted for death. During its mission to Normandy he went to jail.
He presented its republican calendar on September 17, 1793.
During its mission for the navy in the southwest many Montagnards were guillotined (9 and 10 Thermidor).
On May 20, 1795 he supported an uprising that was crushed. He was guillotined in Paris on 29 Prairial, an III.