Jacques Hébert
Jacques Hébert | |
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| Born | Jacques René Hébert 15 November 1757 Alençon, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 24 March 1794 (aged 36) Paris, French First Republic |
| Cause of death | Execution by guillotine |
| Resting place | Errancis Cemetery |
| Political party | The Mountain (1792–1794) |
| Other political affiliations | Jacobin Club (1789–1792) Cordeliers Club (1792–1794) |
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| Children | Virginie-Scipion Hébert (1793–1830) |
| Parent(s) | Jacques Hébert (?–1766) and Marguerite La Beunaiche de Houdré (1727–1787) |
| Residence(s) | Paris, France |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer, publisher, politician |
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Jacques René Hébert (French: [ʒak ʁəne ebɛʁ]; 15 November 1757 – 24 March 1794) was a French journalist and leader of the French Revolution. As the founder and editor of the radical newspaper Le Père Duchesne, he had thousands of followers known as the Hébertists (French Hébertistes). A proponent of the Reign of Terror, he was eventually guillotined.