Background
Bouilly was born near Tours, and was briefly a lawyer for the parlement of Paris.
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Bouilly was born near Tours, and was briefly a lawyer for the parlement of Paris.
University of Orléans.
At the outbreak of the Revolution he held office under the new government and was head of the military commission in Tours during the Reign of Terror. Bouilly died in Paris. "Whatever we possess becomes of double value when we have the opportunity of sharing it with others".
In 1795, he served as a member of the Committee of Public Instruction having a considerable share in the organization of primary education, but retired from public life four years later in order to devote himself to literature.