"Baron Philippe Friedrich Dietrich (German: Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Dietrich) born 14 November 1748 in Strasbourg, and guillotined on 29 December 1793 in Paris, was a ...
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scholar and Alsatian politician. He was most well known as the first mayor of Strasbourg who encouraged Rouget de l´Isle to write various patriotic songs, including the song which became known as La Marseillaise, first performed in his living room; he is also known as a scientist, author of a mine survey and the development blast furnaces in France, distinguished geologist and chemist, and member of the Academy of Sciences. As mayor of Strasbourg, he accelerated revolutionary reforms throughout the region." - (en.wikipedia.org 31.01.2020)
