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Blanqui, (Louis) Auguste 1805-81
French revolutionary

Born in Puget-Théniers, he worked from 1830 at building up a network of secret societies committed to violent revolution. He spent 37 years in prison, and was in prison in 1871 when he was elected president of the revolutionary Commune of Paris. He was released in 1879. In 1881 his followers, known as Blanquists, joined the Marxists.