Jacques Hébert

Jacques Hébert
Personal details
BornJacques René Hébert
(1757-11-15)15 November 1757
Died24 March 1794(1794-03-24) (aged 36)
Cause of deathExecution by guillotine
Resting placeErrancis Cemetery
PartyThe Mountain (1792–1794)
Other political
affiliations
Jacobin Club (1789–1792)
Cordeliers Club (1792–1794)
Spouse
ChildrenVirginie-Scipion Hébert (1793–1830)
Parent(s)Jacques Hébert (?–1766) and Marguerite La Beunaiche de Houdré (1727–1787)
OccupationJournalist, writer, publisher, politician
Signature
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "otherparty". Replace with "other_party".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "nationality". It should be removed.

Jacques René Hébert (French: [ʒak ʁəne ebɛʁ]; 15 November 1757 – 24 March 1794) was a French journalist and the leading figure of the radical Hébertists political group during 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.