Born, 1753; died, 1824.
One of the five Directors, and at the time of the dissolution of the
Directorate their President. Unlike Barras and his co-directors, la
Reveillière was an honest man and a sincere Republican. He refused to
take the oath of allegiance to Napoleon as First Consul or Emperor, and
retired into private life after the events of the 18th Brumaire (Nov.
1799).