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Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721–1794)
Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de (mäl-zãrb’). A famous French statesman and miscellaneous writer; born in Paris, Dec. 6, 1721; was guillotined there, April 22, 1794. He was censor of the press and president of the excise court 1750–71; Minister of the Interior 1774–76; Louis XVI.’s counsel before the Convention 1792–93. He wrote ‘Public Law of France’ (1779); ‘Thoughts and Maxims’ (1802); ‘Book-Selling and the Liberty of the Press’ (2d ed. 1827); etc.