Hebert, a bair', JACQUES RENE (1755-1794), a French journalist and politician, popularly known as Pere Duchesne, from the revolutionary journal of that title which he founded at the outbreak of the Revolution. The radical opinions and violent language of this journal made Hebert popular with the people, and he was elected attorney-general of the commune and a member of the National Convention. As a member of the committee appointed to try Marie Antoinette, he increased her sufferings by the malicious and brutal charges which he brought against her. His violent methods were recognized by Robespierre as a menace to the cause of the Revolution, and he was accordingly put to death in March, 1794.