Jean Turckheim
| Jean Turckheim | |
|---|---|
 2nd Strasbourg | |
| Mayor of Strasbourg | |
|
In office August 1792 – December 1793 | |
| Preceded by | Philippe Friedrich Dietrich |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Monet |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1750 Strasbourg |
| Died |
13 December 1850 Paris |
| Occupation | banker, philosopher, politician |
| Religion | Protestant |
Jean Frederick Turckheim, son of Baron Jean de Turckheim, was a banker in Strasbourg. He was elected as a deputy of Strasbourg to the Estates-General in 1789.[1] Initially supportive of the revolution, he became disenchanted with its goals after the violence of July and August 1790 and became convinced that the unrest was part of a broader plan to overthrow the king and establish a radical republic.[2] After a short term as mayor of Strasbourg, he left France, and offered his services to the Duke of Hesse, whom he served for several years, in particular as envoy to Rome. He also wrote a history of the House of Hesse. He died in the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1823.[3]
His nephew, Jean Frederick Turckheim, was the eighth mayor of Strasbourg.
| Preceded by Philippe Friedrich Dietrich |
Mayor of Strasbourg 1792–1793 |
Succeeded by Pierre Monet |
Citations
- ↑ Margaret R. O'leary, Forging Freedom. iUniverser, 2012,
- ↑ Timothy Tackett, Becoming a Revolutionary: The Deputies of the French National Assembly and the Emergence of a Revolutionary Culture (1789–1790), Penn State Press, 2006.
- ↑ Jean Turckheim.