Joseph-Ignace Guillotin

Doctor
BIRTHDAY
May 28,1738
Birthplace
France
Age
Mar 26,1814,age 75
Birth Sign
Gemini
BIRTHDAY
May 28,1738 (age Mar 26,1814,age 75)
Birthplace
France

About

French physician best known for proposing the idea of executing prisoners using the bladed device that has come to be known as the "guillotine".

Before Fame

He won the title of Doctor-Regent while a member of the faculty at Rheims.

Trivia

Despite the fact that the guillotine was named after him, it was Antoine Louis, not Guillotin, who invented the prototype.

Family Life

His family was so ashamed of their association with the guillotine that they petitioned the French government to re-name it.

Associated With

He and Benjamin Franklin were both part of a commission to investigate the idea of "animal magnetism".