| − | A supplement to ''Italic text''encylopedia''Italic text'' written by [[Benjamin Franklin]], studing the nature of electricity prompted a resident of [[St Omer]] to install a lightening conductor on his roof. Fearing the consequences, his neighbours took him to court to have the rod taken down. Robespierre was successful and he won renown throughout [[France]].
| + | In 1780 in a supplement to Encyclopedia, written by [[Benjamin Franklin]], studing the nature of electricity prompted a resident of [[St Omer]] to install a lightening conductor on his roof. Fearing the consequences, his neighbours took him to court to have the rod taken down. Robespierre was successful and he won renown throughout [[France]]. |
| − | In 1786 he was elected as President of the Arras Academy, and he befriended peasents in the area, and produced pamphlets detailing the squalor of their lives. | + | In 1781, Robespierre was elected to the bar and in 1786 he was elected as President of the Arras Academy, and he befriended peasents in the area, and produced pamphlets detailing the squalor of their lives. |