August Jean-Marie Vermorel
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August Jean-Marie Vermorel (June 21, 1841 - June 20, 1871) was a French
journalist
.
He was born at Denice.
A radical and socialist, he was attached to the staff of the Presse (1864) and the Liberte (1866). In the latter year he was appointed editor of the Courrier Français, and his attacks on the government in that organ led to his imprisonment. In 1869 he was editor of the Reforme, and was again imprisoned for denouncing the government.
On the overthrow of the Second Empire
in 1870 he was released and took an active part in the Commune
. He was dangerously wounded while fighting at the barricades, taken prisoner and removed to Versailles
, where he died.
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...
journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
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He was born at Denice.
A radical and socialist, he was attached to the staff of the Presse (1864) and the Liberte (1866). In the latter year he was appointed editor of the Courrier Français, and his attacks on the government in that organ led to his imprisonment. In 1869 he was editor of the Reforme, and was again imprisoned for denouncing the government.
On the overthrow of the Second Empire
Second French Empire
The Second French Empire or French Empire was the Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870, between the Second Republic and the Third Republic, in France.-Rule of Napoleon III:...
in 1870 he was released and took an active part in the Commune
Paris Commune
The Paris Commune was a government that briefly ruled Paris from March 18 to May 28, 1871. It existed before the split between anarchists and Marxists had taken place, and it is hailed by both groups as the first assumption of power by the working class during the Industrial Revolution...
. He was dangerously wounded while fighting at the barricades, taken prisoner and removed to Versailles
Versailles
Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...
, where he died.