Tombeau de Frédéric Cournet au cimetière du Père Lachaise
Frédéric Cournet (1837 - 1885)
Frédéric Cournet, par Ernest Charles Appert
Access: Avenue Transversale n. 2, 1st line
Railwayman. After the fall of the Empire, he commanded a battalion of the national guard. Elected as a Member of Parliament in February 1871, he resigned to take a seat in the Town Hall. During the Commune, he was a member of the commission for general security and war. He opposed the execution of hostages. He went into exile in London (bust of Marguerite Syamour).
