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Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès — Author of “What Is the Third Estate?”, director and then architect of Brumaire, 1748–1836
The abbé whose 1789 pamphlet armed the Third Estate, a director in 1799 and the brains of the Brumaire coup — which Bonaparte at once turned to his own advantage. (Editorial synthesis)
Recorded office of Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès: Directory (in 1799, Brumaire). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès was born on 3 May 1748. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès died on 20 June 1836. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès died in Paris. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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