Er, huh??? He got in trouble, and eventually fired, by his university because he was an open (assassination threatening, uniform wearing and sometimes weapon carrying) advocate of violent revolution. (Not that this is necessarily a bad thing if you're French.) Then he died in a duel apparently fought over a love affair.
How do you see this as all about academic backstabbing?!?
Obviously you don't know the story. The work he submit was disregarded, sometimes lost, and unappreciated by people who should have know better. Given that he died at age 23 and that his work was that of a genius, it ought to be obvious that someone dropped the ball.