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Pierre Gaspard Chaumette[pyer gAspAr´ shOmet´] Pronunciation Key, 1763–94, French Revolutionary. A member of the Cordeliers, he collaborated with Jacques HEbert to eliminate the royalists and to introduce (1793) the cult of Reason. Chaumette was general procurator (1792–94) and a chief leader of the Commune of Paris. Although he instituted social and moral reforms, his private life is reputed to have been less than pure. When Maximilien Robespierre turned upon the HEbertists, Chaumette tried in vain to escape the guillotine by renouncing HEbert.
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