The Resume

(May 28, 1738-March 26, 1814)
Inventor of the (New & Improved) Guillotine

Why he might be annoying:

Guillotine-like killing devices had already been used in Germany, Italy, Scotland and Persia for aristocratic criminals. However, never had such a device been adopted on a large institutional scale, for that reason the guillotine was named after Doctor Guillotin.
The 'e' at the end of the word was added by English poets to make the word easier to rhyme.
His attempt to make the death penalty a private event ended with thousands of public beheadings.

Why he might not be annoying:

He sought to banish the death penalty completely. At that time, executions in France were public events held in town squares. The entire town would gather to watch a quartering, where the prisoner's limbs were tied to four oxen and the animals were driven in four different directions. Upper-class criminals bought their way into a less painful death. He argued for a painless and private capital punishment method equal for all the classes, as an interim step towards completely banning the death penalty.
He succeeded in having all classes of people executed equally.
His invention was not used on him. He died of natural causes.
FACTS ABOUT THE GUILLOTINE:
Total weight of a Guillotine is about 1278 lbs.
The blade with weight is over 88.2 lbs.
The blade angle is 45°.
The heights of the posts average about 14 feet.
The blade drop is about 88 inches.
The falling blades rate of speed is about 21 feet/second.
The actual beheading takes 2/100 of a second.
The time for the blade to fall down where it stops takes 70th of a second.
The power when the blade stops at the bottom is 888.5 lbs.
PEOPLE GUILLOTINED:
First person guillotined- Nicolas Jacques Pelletie (April 25, 1792).
Last person publicly guillotined- Six-time murderer Eugene Weidmann (June 17, 1939).
Last person guillotined- Murderer Hamida Djandoubi (September 10, 1977).
Exiled King Louis XVI (guillotined January 21, 1793).
Exiled Queen Marie-Antionette 'Let Them Eat Cake' Robespierre (guillotined October 16, 1793).
During June and July 1794, as part of the Reign of Terror, more than 1,800 people were guillotined.
Research: Tim Howard

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• Hyphenated Names
• I Earned a Doctorate
• I Lost My Head [Decapitation]
• I'm Buried in the Pere Lachaise in Paris
• Inventors
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Profiles 3251-3500 (Ranked: 3298)
• Served in the French Revolution
• Sixty-Nine
• Weapon Namesakes

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 31 Votes: 58.06% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 38 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 199 Votes: 45.23% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 104 Votes: 45.19% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 215 Votes: 50.23% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 256 Votes: 48.83% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 520 Votes: 47.88% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1849 Votes: 43.81% Annoying