Jean Duprat (Avignon)
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Jean Duprat (22 December 1760–31 October 1793) was active in the French Revolution in Avignon.[1]
At the start of the revolution, he supported the annexation of Avignon by France.[1]
He was suspected of involvement in the Massacres of La Glacière in 1791.[1]
He was elected as mayor of Avignon in 1792. He was also a deputy in the National Assembly, and voted for the execution of the king.[1]
He was among the Girondin deputies arrested in 1793. He was tried and guillotined in Paris.[2][1]
His brother was Jean Étienne Benoît Duprat.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e http://www.prospection.net/duprat%20%20jean.htm brief biography (French)
- ^ René Moulinas, Histoire de la Révolution d'Avignon, Éd. Aubanel, Avignon, 1986
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- 1760 births
- 1793 deaths
- Mayors of Avignon
- Girondins
- Members of the National Assembly (France)
- French people executed by guillotine during the French Revolution
- Regicides of Louis XVI
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