Jean Duprat (22 December 1760–31 October 1793) was active in the French Revolution in

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. At the start of the revolution, he supported the annexation of Avignon by France. He was suspected of involvement in the

Massacres of La Glacière The massacres of La Glacière that took place during 16–17 October 1791 in the ''Tour de la Glacière'' of the Palais des Papes at Avignon, then recently united to France, were an isolated and early example of violence in the opening phase of t ...

in 1791. He was elected as mayor of

in 1792.http://www.prospection.net/duprat%20%20jean.htm brief biography (French) He was also a deputy in the National Assembly, and voted for the execution of the king. He was among the Girondin deputies arrested in 1793. He was tried and guillotined in Paris.René Moulinas, Histoire de la Révolution d'Avignon, Éd. Aubanel, Avignon, 1986 His brother was Jean Étienne Benoît Duprat.

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