Pierre-François-Joseph Robert

Pierre-François-Joseph Robert (French: [pjɛʁ fʁɑ̃swa ʒozɛf ʁɔbɛʁ]; 21 January 1763 – 13 April 1826) was a lawyer, politician and professor of public law at the société philosophique, journalist.

Robert was secretary to Georges Danton for a time, and was above all interested in financial affairs, working as a munitions supplier to the French army until 1808.

In May 1791, François Robert was in charge of federating the popular societies within a central committee, of which he was elected president - however, the Jacobins refused to adhere to his central committee.

He was himself elected to the National Convention as deputy for Paris and voted for the death of Louis XVI on 20 January 1793.

Thus, on the Bourbon Restoration, he was forced to leave France in 1815 and ended up as a liqueur merchant in Belgium, though he was named sub-prefect of Rocroi during the Hundred Days.