Camus

Camus, ARMAND GASTON, French revolutionist, was born at Paris in 1740. A zealous and ascetic Jansenist, and a master of ecclesiastical law, he was elected Advocate-general of the French clergy, and in 1789 member of the States-general by the people of Paris. He now appeared as the resolute foe of the ancient régime, gained possession of and published the so-called Red Book, with its details of expenditure so disadvantageous to the court and its