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Jean-Paul Marat (UK: / ˈ m æ r ɑː /, US: / m ə ˈ r ɑː /, French: [ʒɑ̃pɔl maʁa]; born Mara; 24 May 1743 – 13 July 1793) was a French political theorist, physician, and scientist. A journalist and politician during the French Revolution , he was a vigorous defender of the sans-culottes , a radical voice, and published his views in ...
Jul 9, 2024 · Jean-Paul Marat (born May 24, 1743, Boudry, near Neuchâtel, Switzerland—died July 13, 1793, Paris, France) was a French politician, physician, and journalist, a leader of the radical Montagnard faction during the French Revolution. He was assassinated in his bath by Charlotte Corday, a young Girondin conservative.
Oct 22, 2022 · The assassination of revolutionary activist and Jacobin leader Jean- Paul Marat on 13 July 1793 was one of the most iconic moments of the French Revolution (1789-1799), immortalized in Jacques-Louis David's painting Death of Marat.
A journalist and politician during the French Revolution, he was a vigorous defender of the sans-culottes, a radical voice who published his views in pamphlets, placards and newspapers. His periodical L'Ami du peuple ( Friend of the People) gave him an unofficial link with the radical Jacobin group that came to power after June 1793.
Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793) was a physician turned radical journalist. Marat has become one of the French Revolution's most identifiable figures, as much for his untimely death as his political contributions he made in life.
Jean-Paul Marat, (born, May 24, 1743, Boudry, near Neuchâtel, Switz.—died July 13, 1793, Paris, France), French politician and a leader of the radical Montagnard faction in the French Revolution. He was a well-known doctor in London in the 1770s.
The Death of Marat, oil painting (1793) by French artist Jacques-Louis David depicting the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat, a radical activist of the French Revolution, by Charlotte Corday, a supporter of the opposing political party. With The Death of Marat, David transformed traditional history.
May 29, 2018 · The French journalist and political leader Jean Paul Marat (1743-1793) was an influential advocate of extreme revolutionary views and measures. Jean Paul Marat was born in Boudry, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, on May 24, 1743, the son of lower-middle-class parents. Of his early years very little is known.
Jean-Paul Marat’s role in the French Revolution has long been a matter of controversy among historians. Often he has been portrayed as a violent, sociopathic de...
MARAT, JEAN-PAUL (1743–1793), French revolutionary political journalist, physician, and leader of the Jacobin Mountain.