Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793) was a Prussian-born physician, political theorist and scientist better known as a radical journalist and politician from the French Revolution. His constant persecution of “enemies of the people,” consistent condemnatory message, and uncanny prophetic powers brought him the trust of the populace and made him their unofficial link to the radical Jacobin group that came to power in June 1793. For the two months leading up to the downfall of the Girondin faction in June, he was one of the three most important men in France, alongside Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre.

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