WRITER

Jacques Hébert

1757 - 1794

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Hébert has received more than 447,574 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Hébert is the 455th most popular writer (up from 467th in 2019), the 537th most popular biography from France (up from 561st in 2019) and the 80th most popular French Writer.

Jacques Hébert was a journalist, a member of the French National Convention, and a member of the Committee of Public Safety. He was famous for his radical opinions and for his role in the Reign of Terror.

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Notable Works

The temple on the river
French-Canadian fiction
1966
Les écoeurants
1966
Les écoeurants : roman
1987
Historique de la gestion des terres et des forêts au Québec
1988
En 13 points Garamond
2002
21 days
1986

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jacques Hébert ranks 455 out of 7,302. Before him are Gabriela Mistral, Susan Sontag, Salvatore Quasimodo, Boris Vian, Wolfram von Eschenbach, and Jack Kerouac. After him are Héloïse, Graham Greene, Vasily Grossman, Lesya Ukrainka, Yevgeny Zamyatin, and Léopold Sédar Senghor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, Jacques Hébert ranks 5. Before him are Charles X of France, William Blake, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, and Antonio Canova. After him are Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Pierre Augereau, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Rigas Feraios, George Vancouver, and Erik Acharius. Among people deceased in 1794, Jacques Hébert ranks 10. Before him are Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, Cesare Beccaria, Camille Desmoulins, Marquis de Condorcet, Alexandre de Beauharnais, and Edward Gibbon. After him are Élisabeth of France, André Chénier, Georges Couthon, Gregory Skovoroda, Augustin Robespierre, and William Jones.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Hébert ranks 537 out of 6,770. Before him are Avitus (395), Marcel Mauss (1872), Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728), Théodore Rousseau (1812), Louis, Grand Condé (1621), and Boris Vian (1920). After him are Héloïse (1101), Baldwin I, Latin Emperor (1172), Jacques Tati (1907), Jacques Monod (1910), Marius Petipa (1818), and Theuderic I (485).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jacques Hébert ranks 80. Before him are William of Rubruck (1220), Hector Malot (1830), Louis Aragon (1897), André Maurois (1885), Auguste Escoffier (1847), and Boris Vian (1920). After him are Héloïse (1101), Marguerite de Navarre (1492), Jules Michelet (1798), Louise de La Vallière (1644), Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), and Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394).

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