Fabre d'Églantine
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Philippe François Nazaire Fabre d'Églantine (French pronunciation: [filip fʁɑ̃swa nazɛʁ fabʁ deɡlɑ̃tin], 28 July 1750 – 5 April 1794), commonly known as Fabre d'Églantine, was a French actor, dramatist, poet, and politician of the French Revolution.
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Born | 28 July 1750 Carcassonne, Kingdom of France |
Died | 5 April 1794(1794-04-05) (aged 43) Paris, French Republic |
Cause of death | Execution by guillotine |
Political party | Jacobin |
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He is best known for having invented the names of the months in the French Republican calendar, and for the song Il pleut, il pleut, bergère which is still a popular nursery rhyme today.