Pierre-Antoine Antonelle

Pierre -Antoine Anton Elle ( born June 17, 1747 in Arles, † November 26, 1817 ) was a French politician, journalist, and revolutionary. Anton Elle was also president of the Jacobins and the mayor in his hometown of Arles.

Youth

Pierre -Antoine Anton Elle was born in 1747 as a descendant of a rich family in the southern French town of Arles. Since his father died the same year, Anton Elle was from a relative, Archbishop of Angoulême raised. Probably coined a strict upbringing his anti-clerical stance that he took later during the revolution. In 1762 he joined as a teenager in the military. In 1782 he came back, however, from the army.

Political career

During a stay in Paris Anton Elle probably came in contact with the ideas of the Enlightenment. He achieved fame through a book publication in 1788. Even with the outbreak of the French Revolution he shared their goals. On February 15, 1790, he took office as the first elected mayor of the city of Arles, which he held until September 1791. Here he began his work as a deputy of the National Assembly. In Paris, he was appointed Chairman of the Jacobins, missed it but to gain the mayors of the French capital. As a member of the Revolutionary Tribunal, he refused to condemn the Girondins. Then he was captured and only came through the Thermidorianerreaktion in July 1794 again. As of 1796, Anton Elle a member of the Conspiracy of Equals, a little later, he narrowly escaped an imminent arrest. Later he was again elected to the National Assembly, which, however, never came into existence. Anton Elles political career was ended at this time, he had to flee to Charente- Inférieure.

After his career he also spent some time in Italy. Finally, he returned to his homeland, to Arles, back. There died Pierre -Antoine Anton Elle on November 26, 1817.