Jean-Paul Marat

Jean-Paul Marat (24 May 1743 – 13 July 1793), born in the Principality of Neuchâtel, is a physician, political theorist, and scientist best known for his career in France as a radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution.

His journalism is renowned for its fiery character and uncompromising stance toward "enemies of the revolution" and basic reforms for the poorest members of society.

Marat is one of the more extreme voices of the French Revolution, and he becomes a vigorous defender of the sans-culottes; he broadcasts his views through impassioned public speaking, essay writing, and newspaper journalism, which carry his message throughout France.

Marat's radical denunciations of counterrevolutionaries supports much of the violence that occurs during the wartime phases of the French Revolution.

His constant persecution of "enemies of the people," consistent condemnatory message, and uncanny prophetic powers bring him the trust of the populace and make him their unofficial link to the radical Jacobin group that comes to power in June 1793.

He is murdered in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a Girondist sympathizer.

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