Editing Guillotine (section)

=== Etymology ===
For a period of time after its invention, the guillotine was called a ''louisette''. However, it was later named after French [[physician]] and [[Freemason]] [[Joseph-Ignace Guillotin]], who proposed on 10 October 1789 the use of a special device to carry out executions in France in a more humane manner. A death penalty opponent, he was displeased with the [[breaking wheel]] and other common, more grisly methods of execution and sought to persuade [[Louis XVI of France]] to implement a less painful alternative. While not the device's inventor, Guillotin's name ultimately became an eponym for it. Contrary to popular myth, Guillotin did not die by guillotine but rather by natural causes.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=June 5, 2020 |title=Origins of the Guillotine |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/head-man/ |website=Snopes.com|date=4 September 2011 }}</ref>