What is Jean-Paul Marat?
[[File:Jean-Paul Marat portre.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Jean-Paul Marat by Joseph Boze]] '''Jean-Paul Marat''' was a [[French people|French]] doctor and [[journalist]] famous for writing about the [[French revolution]] and encouraging the [[Reign of Terror]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Jean-Paul Marat {{!}} Biography, Death, Painting, Writings, & Facts|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Paul-Marat|access-date=2 April 2024|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref> ==Death== He was stabbed to death in [[Paris]] by [[Charlotte Corday]], an act made famous in a painting by [[Jacques-Louis David]]. Corday was executed 4 days later after the assassination.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charlotte Corday assassinates French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat {{!}} July 13, 1793|url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/charlotte-corday-assassinates-marat|access-date=2 April 2024|website=HISTORY|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons cat-inline}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Marat, Jean-Paul}} [[Category:Assassinated French politicians]] [[Category:French scientists]] [[Category:Murders by blade weapons]] <!--[[Category:People murdered in France]]--> [[Category:1743 births]] [[Category:1793 deaths]]