Andreas Joseph Hofmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German philosopher and revolutionary
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Place of Birth: Zell am Main, Bavaria, Germany
About Andreas Joseph Hofmann
- Andreas Joseph Hofmann (14 July 1752 – 6 September 1849) was a German philosopher and revolutionary active in the Republic of Mainz.
- As Chairman of the Rhenish-German National Convention, the earliest parliament in Germany based on the principle of popular sovereignty, he proclaimed the first republican state in Germany, the Rhenish-German Free State, on March 18, 1793.
- A strong supporter of the French Revolution, he argued for an accession of all German territory west of the Rhine to France and served in the administration of the department Mont-Tonnerre under the French Directory and the French Consulate.
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