Abbé Grégoire
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Henri Grégoire CLH, COI |
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Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Isère |
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In office 11 September 1819 – 4 November 1820 |
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| Succeeded by | Auguste Ravez |
| Constituency | Unknown |
| Member of the Conservative Senate | |
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In office 25 December 1801 – 11 April 1814 |
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| Monarch | Napoleon I |
| Preceded by | Aaron Jean François Crassous |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
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Member of the Legislative Body for Loir-et-Cher |
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In office 25 December 1800 – 25 December 1801 |
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| Constituency | Blois |
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Member of the Council of Five Hundred for Loir-et-Cher |
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In office 2 November 1795 – 10 November 1799 |
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| Constituency | Blois |
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Member of the National Convention for Loir-et-Cher |
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In office 20 September 1792 – 2 November 1795 |
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| Constituency | Blois |
| Member of the National Constituent Assembly | |
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In office 9 July 1789 – 30 September 1791 |
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| Constituency | Nancy |
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Member of the Estates-General for the First Estate |
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In office 13 June 1789 – 9 July 1789 |
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| Constituency | Nancy |
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Henri Jean-Baptiste Grégoire December 4, 1750 Vého, near Lunéville, France |
| Died | May 28, 1831 (aged 80) |
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Left Group (1789–1791) Marais (1791–1795) Thermidorian (1795–1799) Anti-Bonapartist (1799–1814) Liberal Left (1819–1820) |
| Alma mater | University of Nancy |
| Profession | Clergyman |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Signature | .JPG) |
Henri Jean-Baptiste Grégoire (French: [ɑ̃ʁi ɡʁeɡwaʁ]; 4 December 1750 – 28 May 1831), often referred to as Abbé Grégoire, was a French Roman Catholic priest, constitutional bishop, of Blois and a revolutionary leader. He was an ardent abolitionist of human slavery and supporter of universal suffrage. He was a founding member of the Bureau des longitudes, the Institut de France, and the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers.
Grégoire was born in Vého near Lunéville as the son of a tailor. Educated at the Jesuit college at Nancy, he became curé (parish priest) of Emberménil in 1782. In 1783, he was crowned by the Academy of Nancy for his Eloge de la poésie, and in 1788 by that of Metz for an Essai sur la régénération physique et morale des Juifs.
He was elected in 1789 by the clergy of the bailliage of Nancy to the Estates-General, where he soon made his name as one of the group clerical and lay deputies of Jansenist or Gallican sympathies who supported the Revolution. He was one of the first of the clergy to join the third estate, and contributed notably to the union of the three orders; he presided the session that lasted sixty-two hours while the Bastille was being attacked by the people, and spoke vehemently against the enemies of the nation. He later took a leading role in the abolition of the privileges of the nobles and the Church.
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