EditorialJoseph Ignace Guillotin (1738-1814), inventor of the guillotine. The guillotine was installed on the Place du Carrousel, Paris, on August 13,1792.
EditorialJoseph Guillotin (1738-1814) in 1784. French physician and inventor of the guillotine. Contrary to popular belief, he did not die under the knife of his own invention. He proposed his invention as a more humane form of execution. Inv. P 1052.