Jean Duprat (Avignon)
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
- 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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