Louis Legendre (1752-1797), French politician. Legendre played an important role in the French Revolution, leading the storming of the Bastille. Until

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Louis Legendre (1752-1797), French politician. Legendre played an important role in the French Revolution, leading the storming of the Bastille. Until 2009 this portrait was wrongly thought to show the French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752-1833).

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Size: 3785px × 4613px
Photo credit: © SHEILA TERRY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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