Armand-Gaston Camus

See also: Camus

Armand-Gaston Camus (born the April 2nd 1740 with Paris - died the November 2nd 1804 with Montmorency) was a lawyer, jurisconsult and politician French, who carried on his activity for the period of the Révolution.

Filled with enthusiasm by the Revolution, he was elected appointed of the Tiers state with the General states by the town of Paris, the May 13rd 1789, and was one of the first to lend the Serment of Jeu de Paume. Elected official chair constituent National Assembly the October 28th 1789, it will preserve this function until the November 11th of the same year.

Named the August 14th 1789 archivist with the Commission of the files of the constituent Assembly, it is at the origin of the creation of the Public records. It will preserve these functions of national archivist and librarian of the legislative body until his death. He discovers and communicates to his colleagues the “Red book” containing the list of the pensions paid by the royal Treasury.

Armand-Gaston Camus is made hate by his former customers while making vote the civil Constitution of the clergy. He also makes remove the Annate S poured with papacy and pushes with the annexation of the Comtat-Venaissin. The July 30th 1791, it obtains the removal of the titles of Noblesse.

Elected with the Convention by the department of the Haute-Loire the September 5th 1792, it was on mission during the judgment of Louis XVI, but it wrote, the January 13rd 1793, which it voted “death without call and deferment”. As of its return, it was named member of the Comité of public Hello.

Sent in Belgium as police chief of Convention close the Armed with North, ordered by the general Dumouriez, this last made it stop like his/her colleagues and delivered them to the Autrichiens, the April 3rd 1793. Transferred to Mons, where was the general headquarter of the prince de Cobourg, they were informed by the baron de Mack which they were retained in Otage S to save the queen Marie-Antoinette and her son, and who their heads answered about it; prisoners thereafter with Maastricht, Coblentz and Olmütz, they were exchanged with Basle the 4 nivôse year IV (Friday December 25th 1795) against the girl of Louis XVI, and returned to France after thirty-three month of captivity.

Elected with the Conseil of the Five hundred, he refuses the ministry for Finances and the Police force that one proposes to him.

Works

Armand-Gaston Camus published:

Lettres on the Occupation of lawyer , 1772, that it supplemented in 1777 by its Bibliothèque of right , and which was reproduced by Mr. André Dupin under the title of Manuel of the lawyer in 1832, and much of writings on the ecclesiastical and legal matters like its matrimonial Code of 1770.

Camus cultivated the Greek literature also successfully: one owes him

of the translations of the History of the animals of Aristote, Paris, 1783 (it is the first which was published in French);
of the Manual of Épictète ;
of the Table of Cébès , 1796 (this last work was made while it was in the prisons of the Austria).

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