Aimar-Charles-Marie de Nicolaï
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Aimar-Charles-Marie Nicolaï (ɛmaʁ ʃaʁl maʁi də nikɔlaj; 14 August 1747, Paris
– 7 July 1794, Paris) was a French magistrate in the Ancien Régime of France
. He was the first president of the Chambre des Comptes
, and the seventh member elected to occupy seat 2 of the Académie française
in 1788.
After giving praise to Louis XVI of France
during his reception at the Academy, he was declared an enemy of the people
and sentenced to death by guillotine
in 1794.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
– 7 July 1794, Paris) was a French magistrate in the Ancien Régime of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. He was the first president of the Chambre des Comptes
Chambre des comptes
Under the French monarchy, the Courts of Accounts were sovereign courts specialising in financial affairs. The Court of Accounts in Paris was the oldest and the forerunner of today's French Court of Audit...
, and the seventh member elected to occupy seat 2 of the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
in 1788.
After giving praise to Louis XVI of France
Louis XVI of France
Louis XVI was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before being executed in 1793....
during his reception at the Academy, he was declared an enemy of the people
Enemy of the people
The term enemy of the people is a fluid designation of political or class opponents of the group using the term. The term implies that the "enemies" in question are acting against society as a whole. It is similar to the notion of "enemy of the state". The term originated in Roman times as ,...
and sentenced to death by guillotine
Guillotine
The guillotine is a device used for carrying out :executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame from which an angled blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope and then allowed to drop, severing the head from the body...
in 1794.