Danton
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Historical figure.
Georges Jacques Danton (26 october 1759 - 5 april 1794) was a French politician and leading figure of the French Revolution. A modest and unknown lawyer on the eve of the Revolution, Danton became a famous orator of the Cordeliers Club and was raised to governmental responsibilities as the French Minister of Justice following the fall of the monarchy on the tenth of August 1792, and was allegedly responsible for inciting the September Massacres.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
- Evans Pott (the County Delegate of The Scowrers) was feared by boss John McGinty, just as the small but dangerous Robespierre was feared by the immense Danton (VALL 3359).
