Order for the arrest of the former tax farmers
- When
- 24 November 1793
- Where
- Port Royal convent, where Lavoisier surrendered for questioning on 30 November 1793
On 24 November 1793 the arrest of all former tax farmers was ordered, the measure that ensnared Lavoisier.
The arrest of all the former tax farmers was ordered on 24 November 1793. Lavoisier, who had temporarily gone into hiding, handed himself in at the Port Royal convent for questioning on 30 November 1793. Earlier that year, on 8 August 1793, all the learned societies including the Academy of Sciences had been suppressed at the request of Abbé Grégoire, and in 1792 Lavoisier had already been forced to resign from the Gunpowder Commission and to move from his house and laboratory at the Royal Arsenal.
Sources
- Antoine Lavoisier Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
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