> Galois didn't take part in the French revolution, he was born well after. He was involved in the July revolution of 1830, which overthrew Charles X and put L

> Galois didn't take part in the French revolution, he was born well after. He was involved in the July revolution of 1830, which overthrew Charles X and put Louis-Philippe on the throne (though Galois was a republican, and he did not do much). So he was part of a French Revolution, just not that of 1789.