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Jean-Paul Marat, (born May 24, 1743, Boudry, near Neuchâtel, Switzerland—died July 13, 1793, Paris, France), French politician, physician, and journalist, a leader of the radical Montagnard faction during the French Revolution. He was assassinated in his bath by Charlotte Corday, a young Girondin conservative. Early scientific work

Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793) has become one of the French Revolution’s most identifiable figures, as much for his untimely death as his political contributions he made in life. Marat, like Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Jacques Necker, was born in Switzerland, the son of an Italian father and a French Huguenot mother.

Jean-Paul Marat was a revolutionary activist known for his inflammatory remarks which were often seen to encourage political violence. His killer, Charlotte Corday, believed that Marat would cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands unless he himself was assassinated.

Jean-Paul Marat, (born, May 24, 1743, Boudry, near Neuchâtel, Switz.—died July 13, 1793, Paris, France), French politician and a leader of the radical Montagnard faction in the French Revolution. He was a well-known doctor in London in the 1770s.

The Death of Marat, oil painting (1793) by French artist Jacques-Louis David depicting the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat, a radical activist of the French Revolution, by Charlotte Corday, a supporter of the opposing political party. With The Death of Marat, David transformed traditional history

What is Jean-Paul Marat’s legacy? Jean-Paul Marat’s assassination in 1793 quickly became a symbol of the French Revolution for Jacobin supporters, who

Jean-Paul Marat, one of the most outspoken leaders of the French Revolution, is stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, a Royalist sympathizer. Originally a doctor, Marat founded the...

History & Culture What can 200-year-old DNA tell us about a murdered French revolutionary? Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bathtub in 1793. Now, blood preserved from his...