Who was the first person executed by the guillotine?
The inventor, the kindly Dr. Ignace Joseph Guillotin, wasn’t too pleased either. From that day on, whenever he was recognized, people would strike the napes of their necks with the palms of their hands. The good doctor even hated having the device named after him, and if anyone ever used the name guillotine in his presence he would always correct the person by calling it “the Maiden.” It is also a fact that Dr. Guillotin not only didn’t attend the beheading of Peletier but was never present at a single capital execution.
