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Picquart, Georges (zhôrzh pēkär`), 1854–1914, French general. As chief of the army intelligence section in 1896, he discovered that the memorandum that had been used to convict Captain Dreyfus (see Dreyfus Affair Dreyfus Affair (drā`fəs, drī–), the controversy that occurred with the treason conviction (1894) of Capt.
..... Click the link for more information. ) had probably been the work of Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy Esterhazy, Ferdinand Walsin (ĕs`tərhä'zē, Fr.
..... Click the link for more information. . Higher officials warned Picquart to conceal his discovery; he persisted and was sent (Dec., 1896) to Tunis and demoted. After the trial of Émile Zola Zola, Émile (āmēl` zôlä`), 1840–1902, French novelist, b. Paris.
..... Click the link for more information. , Picquart was accused of forging the note that had convinced him of Esterhazy's guilt. He was dismissed from the service and arrested for forgery. The exoneration of Dreyfus in 1906 also served to absolve Picquart, who was promoted to general and entered Georges Clemenceau's cabinet as minister of war.