He thought that his work in optics surpassed Newton's and "changed the face" of science and he published an Essay on the Human Soul in 1771.  
He thought that his work in optics surpassed Newton's and "changed the face" of science and he published an Essay on the Human Soul in 1771.  His first work of fiction was The Adventures of the Young Count Potowski, but it was not published until 1847.  While in England he published The Chains of Slavery, in which he celebrated John Wilkes and explained that the French "had no country".  Appointed physician to the Count d'Artois, it was while he held this post that he wrote his subversive "Plan for Criminal Legislation". As editor of The Friend of the People he championed radical reforms and was forced to leave France after publishing attacks on Finance Minister Necker.  For 10 points, name this symbolic leader of the Montagnards murdered by Charlotte Corday.
He thought that his work in optics surpassed Newton's and "changed the face" of science and he published an Essay on the Human Soul in 1771.  
Jean-Paul Marat