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JACQUES RENE See also:HEBERT (1757-1794)
, See also:French Revolutionist, called " Pere See also:Duchesne," from the newspaper he edited, was See also:born at See also:Alencon, on the 15th of See also:November 1757, where his See also:father, who kept a See also:goldsmith's See also:shop, had held some municipal See also:office
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His See also:family was ruined, however, by a lawsuit while he was still See also:young, and See also:Hebert came to See also:Paris, where in his struggle against poverty he endured See also:great hardships; the accusations of See also:theft directed against him later by Camille See also:Desmoulins were, however, without See also:foundation
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In 1790 he attracted See also:attention by some See also:pamphlets, and became a prominent member of the See also:club of the See also:Cordeliers in 1791
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On the See also:moth of See also:August 1792 he was a member of the revolutionary See also:Commune of Paris, and became second substitute of the procureur of the Commune on the 2nd of See also:December 1792
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His violent attacks on the See also:Girondists led to his See also:arrest on the 24th of May 1793, but he was released owing to the threatening attitude of the See also:mob
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Henceforth very popular, Hebert organized with P
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See also:Chaumette (q.v.) the "See also:worship of See also:Reason," in opposition to the theistic cult inaugurated by See also:Robespierre, against whom he tried to excite a popular See also:movement
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The failure of this brought about the arrest of the Hebertists, or enrages, as his partisans were called
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Hebert was guillotined on the 24th of See also:
These articles, while not lacking in a certain cleverness, were violent and abusive, and purposely couched in foul See also:language in See also:order to See also:appeal to the mob
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