Jean Julien Michel Savary

Jean-Julien Savary (18 November 1753 – 27 December 1839) was a French soldier and politician.

[2] He became a lawyer in 1780 and adopted the principles of the French Revolution, taking a very active part in the War in the Vendée.

After the virée de Galerne he was put in command of Châteaubriant in 1794 and fought against the Chouans.

At Nantes, he tried to convince Carrier to save the captured Vendéen children, notably at the prison de l'Entrepôt des cafés in the city.

His historical works was said by many historians "to be located at the hinge between witness and analysis, succeeding in combining his experience with general Kléber with citations from the archives".