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Joseph Guillotine had never invented the device. He only proposed to find a mechanical and "more human" mean to carry death penalty to the National Assembly in 1789. The machine was invented by a surgeon - Antoine Louis- in 1792.

Actually, it is a journalist named Camille Desmoulins who gave the name of Guillotine. It was a revenge because Guillotine had fired him off the National Assembly for bringing food, alcohol and prostitutes) . But at that time, the machine was not invented yet.

Guillotine died in his bed in 1814 due to an infected carbuncle on his shoulder.

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