Jacques Hébert

French journalist and politician (1757–1794)

Jacques René Hébert (French: [ʒak ʁəne ebɛʁ]; 15 November 1757 – 24 March 1794) was a French journalist and a prominent figure of the French Revolution. The founder and editor of the radical newspaper Le Père Duchesne, he was the chief spokesman for the Parisian sans-culottes. He and his followers, known as the Hébertists, played a major role in ushering in some of the most radical measures of the revolutionary period that culminated in the Reign of Terror.

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