Comité d'instruction publique
Members
- Auguste-Étienne-Xavier Poisson de La Chabeaussière civil servant journalist military playwright poet
- Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès cleric freemason philosopher politician
- François-Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas freemason jurist politician
- François-Xavier Lanthenas abolitionist civil servant physician politician translator writer
- Henri Grégoire civil servant cleric politician writer
- Jacques-Louis David artist politician professor revolutionary
- Joseph-Marie Lequinio civil servant diplomat jurist politician writer
- Lazare Carnot military politician revolutionary
- Leonard Bourdon politician revolutionary
- Louis-Antoine-Léon Saint-Just politician revolutionary
- Louis-Sébastien Mercier novelist pamphleteer playwright politician translator writer
- Marie-Joseph Chénier freemason playwright poet politician
- Maximilien Robespierre jurist politician revolutionary
- Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet abolitionist journalist philosopher politician scientist translator writer
- Philippe-François-Nazaire Fabre d'Églantine actor playwright poet politician
Notes
The Comité d'instruction publique was established in 1791 by the Legislative Assembly in an attempt to reorder France's education system, under the leadership of Condorcet, Grégoire and Sieyes. Other members included Gilbert Romme, Lakanal and Jeanbon Saint-André.
In July 1793, Maximilien Robespierre created a Commission of Public Instruction as a subsidiary to the Committee of Public Safety and a Plan d'éducation nationale was presented to the Convention on 13 and 29 July. This Committee played a key role in removing the Catholic Church from the educational system and improving the quality of French teachers.