Historical Figures

Merlin Philippe Antoine said Merlin of Douai (1754 -1838)

Elected to the States General, then deputy to the Legislative and conventional, he actively participated in the legislation committee. He was one of the architects of the Thermidorian reaction and of the Directory (director and member of the Council of Elders). Bonaparte, recognizing his skills as a jurist, named him Attorney General of the Court of Cassation, Councilor of State and Count of the Empire. In 1815 he had to go into exile, because he had voted for the death of Louis XVI, he returned under Charles X.